“The hardest part about being a celebrity is having to heal on a public stage.”

You have too take from each artist what works for you, and then create your own sound.

I’m trying to bring the romance back to music. Old school… Music is meant to be a part of your blood stream, and if it doesn’t affect your bloodstream, then you may as well put it back in the shoebox underneath the bed.

My instinct is to put my sadness aside, and give them a smile or a hug, no matter how bad I’m feeling.

And the appreciation of fans can refuel your spiritual tank in those situations. But until you’re famous, people don’t realize how difficult that is.

I don’t discuss my family with the press; I discuss my family with my family. If you notice, when you hear something sensational in the press about me.

That’s the worst. Imagine going through a scandal, or a divorce, or a death in the family, and running into fans on the street. Because of where my heart is.

I’m a human being just like you are. And I hurt and love just like everybody else, and people tend to forget that.

I want to be remembered as a man who was positive, who made a difference, and who walked in God’s light.

When I look in the mirror, I see a gentleman getting a little older and a little wiser.

You put different combinations in the mix and it becomes something unique in the end.

I don’t respond to it publicly, because a lot of things are put out there simply for the attention. Things that are meaningful, you don’t need to talk about.

Prayer and encouraging words change things. We’re all human. We all go through stuff.

I don’t have a negative bone in my body. That’s why I could care less about any gossip. It doesn’t interest me. I’d rather sit down and write a song.

I think I’m one of the friendliest celebrities around, because I’ll stop to talk to anybody who recognizes me.

I have to say that elections, even in the most peaceful region, always make the hardest time for regional state institutions, including security structures.

The hardest thing to open is a closed mind.

As I often tell my students, the person you’ll have the hardest time opening to and truly loving without reserve is yourself. Once you can do that, you can love the whole universe unconditionally.

The hardest thing as an actor is that you work really hard constantly for these roles, and you invest so much in it.

One of the hardest things for me to do is be fully open in a poem.

It’s a competitive city, it’s full of just great artists and talent. It gave me the confidence, the passion, the realness I try my hardest to portray, so it has had about 90% influence on me.

It’s been exhausting. It’s been the hardest thing I’ve ever done because it’s just so big, and I haven’t had a lot of time.

You want the tension to escalate. Keeping them there is the hardest part, so you have to take away any excuse for them to leave.