Never let your heart take precedence over reason, otherwise you will have problems.

You get that love from the people. It lets me know that all the madness I go through, all the stuff that the business has to offer with all its madness; it makes it worthwhile.

If you say my eyes are beautiful, it's because they are looking at you.

When I heard Aretha, I could feel her emotional delivery so clearly. It came from down deep within. That's what I wanted to do.

I'm not crazy about arenas just because I can sell them out. It doesn't do anything for my ego at all. I want to play places where people don't have to sit in the nosebleed seats and wonder what the hell is going on.

No one makes me do anything I don't want to do.

Learning to love yourself, is the greatest love all