My mother gave me an understanding that as good as you think you are, you're not so great. There's always room for improvement. The reality is when people don't have someone to give them a sense of guidance, and say, "Hey, man, that's not happening," it's really hard.

My mother told me, if you call yourself 'Little' Stevie Wonder, you'd better be as good as Little Willie John.

We all know that love is truly the key. Anyone who tries to make anyone think that things of destruction has anything to do with God or Allah, they're a liar.

Sneaking out the back door to hand out with those hoodlum friends of mine.

God gave me life to continue to do things that I would never have done.

The exciting thing about a songwriter is that, you know, particularly if you're a songwriter and an artist and you play the parts and you're producing it and all that, you have various times you have to critique what you do.

Handicaps are really to be used another way to benefit yourself and others.