Compassion, not passion, keeps a marriage together.

You just have to realize that no matter how delectable that meal looks, there’s a chance that you might not get to eat it while it’s hot.

One thing you can’t do to a fan is change their heart about somebody.

My first love is my mother. She did so much for us as children as a single parent. I watched her make a dollar out of fifteen cents. I thought she was either a magician or she had God’s actual phone number. She wasn’t a motivational speaker; she was an inspirational speaker.

I was in about in the 8th grade when I started recording R&B, so much of what was on was the Motown sound, and The Beatles had pretty much come over and taken America by storm.

My first love is my mother. She did so much for us as children as a single parent. I watched her make a dollar out of fifteen cents. I thought she was either a magician or she had God's actual phone number. She wasn't a motivational speaker; she was an inspirational speaker.

You just have to realize that no matter how delectable that meal looks, there's a chance that you might not get to eat it while it's hot.

One thing you can't do to a fan is change their heart about somebody.

You gotta' sell a million records before you talk about getting paid at a major [label].

I like televangelism shows. I find it entertaining sometimes to see how a young person would deliver the word versus a old person.