I never thought of myself as a mogul, but it's really great to be in that position.

I think there's something that happens at 40 where you settle into your own skin and you stop caring what people think - you realize life is a gift from God and you want to live it to the fullest.

I was a very poor young black boy in New Orleans, just a face without a name, swimming in a sea of poverty trying to survive.

I haven't had a worst business decision, because I believe all things work together for good.

My mother was truly my saving grace, because she would take me to church with her. I would see my mother smiling in the choir, and I wanted to know this God that made her so happy. If I had not had that faith in my life, I don't know where I would be right now.

I think we are born into what we're supposed to learn and find out in this life.

If you don't want my God here, you don't want me here either. God has been too good to me to go and try to sell out to get some money...