“Religion has become so many different things. Religion is an economic thing for some people. Religion is a gun.”

It don’t last forever, the pain. Realize that tomorrow is coming. Move further from this pain and this stress.

Music is the vehicle of man’s life.

Last time I was in Jamaica I financed a teacher to teach in an orphanage.

As an artist myself I don’t like to be preached. I want to enjoy myself, so I kind of use that perspective to make music.

I am so confident in that idea that if love gets a chance, it will transform the community and the world into a more prosperous place, because we are capable of love.

Doing something that is productive is a great way to alleviate emotional stress. Get your mind doing something that is productive.

Love is cheering and sharing and compassion and giving and receiving. Love is an action thing more than a word thing, that brings comfort or joy or relief to anyone or anything.

There is always a way and always hope in the next sunrise, and in the next second, and in the next minute.

When the seeds of justice are trees and the fruits we eat are sweet, I will be glad.

My imagination would run wild in the hills.

I was born by myself but carry the spirit and blood of my father, mother and my ancestors. So I am really never alone. My identity is through that line.

Children are wonderful, and they add to my whole life.

I believe we are all connected to other people. I am connected to people who are suffering. We all are.

I don’t have to wait to realize the good old days.

All of my life I’ve been growing into who I am in my life today and I am still growing, but I believe in love and nothing can deter me in that.

The people who are teaching religion and not teaching love are missing the message.

I want to play every day. This year will be absolutely no different.

I like to be able to present myself in two or three different ways because I’ve never really wanted to rest on my laurels and be something that people expected.

Every day we keep telling the same stories. Over and over. We forget that our endings can be different. So can the plot. I think it’s time for some surprise endings.

I think every director has a different methodology.

Love is never cruel when its true believe me because its different with you.

Grace is God-given power to live differently.

We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams.

We all have souls of different ages.