Law and order comes from having respect for one another.

My thing was always trying to do as much as I possibly could do. I wanted to do all the things the other kids did in the neighborhood.

Through the ages all great men have taught truth and happiness can't be bought.

The most important thing is, when I do give the music, I'm satisfied with it, that it speaks for what I want to do.

I am what I am. I love me! And I don't mean that egotistically - I love that God has allowed me to take whatever it was that I had and to make something out of it.

We have a marriage of people of various cultures coming together. It's not a joke. It's real.

Many years ago, but not so long ago, there were those who said, 'Well, you have three strikes against you: You're black, you're blind and you're poor,' But God said to me, 'I will make you rich in the spirit of inspiration, to inspire others as well as create music to encourage the world to a place of oneness and hope, and positivity.' I believed Him and not them.