I didn't have a mother; I had a mama. I measure other women by the stature of my mama..

No child wants to fail. Everyone wants to succeed..

Theres a lot of churches that hide their dirty laundry under the rug, and I know about that from being in the church 27 years. Oh, yeah..

I have found people on both sides of the aisle, white and black, that'll give you the shirt off their back. And I've also found people that won't giv….

Trials can be hard, if you don't know God..

Some people believe that fairness comes with obeying the rules. I'm one of those people..

I learned more stuff in church than I did in the world..

I did a whole concert in Atlanta with my fly open, and I had a black suit on and a white shirt. My white shirt was protruding from the fly..

GM is operating in an intensely competitive global environment and reaching this tentative agreement allows us to continue to build momentum in the m….

The music is the message, the message is the music. So that's my little ministry that the Big Man upstairs gave to me - a little ministry called love….

People still come up to me and ask me to sign their records. That's right, records! Man, they don't even make records no more!.

Teach success before teaching responsibility. Teach them to believe in themselves. Teach them to think, 'I'm not stupid'. No child wants to fail. Eve….

I'm thankful for every moment..

Suicide is not an answer, it's destruction..

Pakistan's being an ally and helping the United States, we ought to show Pakistan that we are appreciative for the help that's been extended..

If I could live my life all over I'd do everything the same; the film in my camera would remain the same; there's no way lord, to leave this love beh….