“We have to have pride in not just one people but all people.”

The most important thing is, when I do give the music, I’m satisfied with it, that it speaks for what I want to do.

The Lord that I serve says the impossible is unacceptable.

Of all the needs that we have right now, more than anything we need a time for love.

God gave me life to continue to do things that I would never have done.

You can’t base your life on other people’s expectations.

Why has there never been a holiday where peace is celebrated all throughout the world?

There are a lot of things happening that show us that this, right now, is a time to love.

When I was a child, kids used to make fun of me because I was blind. But I just became more curious, ‘How can I climb this tree and get an apple for this girl?’ That’s what mattered to me.

I want to take all the pain that I feel and celebrate and turn it around.

Do you know, it’s funny, but I never thought of being blind as a disadvantage, and I never thought of being black as a disadvantage.

Hold onto your dreams ’cause they’re always worth havin’. Hold on to your dreams til the day your life is said and done.

Just because a record has a groove don’t make it in the groove.

No one has been a greater advocate for the power of love in this world than I; both in my life and in my music.

Just because a man lacks the use of his eyes doesn’t mean he lacks vision.

I’m a work in progress, but if I know in my heart that I’m doing my best, that my heart’s in the right place, that I have unconditional love, I feel okay.

Gun violence is real. People don’t come back.

People in general are scared to death of the war and all the exhibition have been a failure, because the rich – don’t want to buy anything.

There will always be people in your life who treat you wrong. Be sure to thank them for making you strong.

If people are violating the law by doing drugs, they ought to be accused and they ought to be convicted and they ought to be sent up.

People congratulate me. I just tell them God is good.

I have a great, great company. I employ thousands of people. And I’m very proud of the job I did.

The world is full of boring, identical and mindless people.

Most of the reasons people think they can’t do something are reasons they’ve created.

I’ve always wanted to be one of those people who didn’t really care much about what people thought about them but I don’t think I am.