I saw my hometown burning that day.

We wouldn't be as far along as a country if we didn't take on some of Martin Luther King's ways that he instilled in us.

I know and value what it means to wake up and be alive and to share my story. I'm so blessed to be here and to be able to talk about it.

I had to learn to forgive. I couldn't sleep at night. I got ulcers. I had to let go, to let God deal with it. No one wants to be mad in their own house. I didn't want to be angry my whole life. It takes so much energy out of you to be mean.

Nice guys just don't finish first in the music industry.

I sometimes feel like I'm caught in a vise. Some people feel like I'm some kind of hero. Others hate me.

Anybody can get bigheaded once they know the seat cannot be pulled out from under them.