There are people who have let the problems of today lead them to conclude that for them life is not the way.

Do you know, it's funny, but I never thought of being blind as a disadvantage, and I never thought of being black as a disadvantage.

No one has been a greater advocate for the power of love in this world than I; both in my life and in my music.

My mother had a rule, obviously, that I couldn't go across the street by myself, but I had to find a way of doing it.

Use your heart to love somebody. And If your heart is big enough, use your heart to love EVERYBODY

Sometimes I'm very disappointed at some of the people in our family of communicators, whether it be a songwriter or a rapper that's always talking about negativity or a singer or a columnist or a network that basically gets off on just trying to create the negative.

Don't need cars cause we've learned to fly on Saturn.