Oprah is very, very, very special to me. She's an amazing woman.

Growing up, there was always music around, whether across the street, or on the next-door neighbor's stereo. So, as in life, music is always around, and it helps to heighten any emotion. Music is amazing.

Fear is a sprit that really can stop you from living.

I got 27 people livin in my head and all of them was about to beat the heck out of you for doin that.

I'm very open to fresh talent, and I love the underdog, people who have been counted out, because they come in with a different type of hunger. I'm all for the underdog, so I'd like to talk to anybody who shows up with that sort of thirst.

Children love their mothers. Especially with a boy child and his mother, there's a bond that's unbreakable.

I'm not suspicious of success, I'm suspicious of the people who want to attach themselves because of your success.