Are You Living or Just Existing?" -Tyler Perry The Family That Preys

Rather than focus on your critics, focus on the people who are impacted by your work.

Everything that I talk about, pretty much, are things that I learned or understood over the years.

What I've found about it is that there are some folks you can talk to until you're blue in the face--they're never going to get it and they're never going to change. But every once in a while, you'll run into someone who is eager to listen, eager to learn, and willing to try new things. Those are the people we need to reach. We have a responsibility as parents, older people, teachers, people in the neighborhood to recognize that.

Music is always around, and it helps to heighten any emotion.

Happiness for me is totally just being at peace knowing that, everything I'm doing, God is pleased with that. It's complete peace for me.

It doesn't matter if a million people tell you what you can't do, or if ten million tell you no. If you get one yes from God that's all you need.