When it comes down to music, I have no balance. I am 100 percent. It is like full throttle. Five hundred miles an hour.

Maybe we didn't have many possessions, but we never went hungry, were cold, or lacked love.

We're all capable if we have faith and passion.

A little bit of fear means you are doing something worth doing--you are stretching...You are going outside your immediate grasp.

Focused will is incredible. If you have a dream and you don’t give up no matter what obstacles come up, then life’s problems will fall away and you will get what you want. It happens. It works.

Sometimes we get caught up in our troubles and our problems and we let life slip away, but life is precious, all of life, and one must try to take in as much of it as possible.

Well, besides being entertained, I’d like to move them emotionally. I mean I really want to uplift them. I want to look down at the audience, and this is personal experiences now I’m going to tell you. It’s like you look down at the audience and see people smiling, crying, hugging each other. I want them on their way home to feel empowered like they can do anything.