“In my family, there was not an abundance of wealth, but there was an abundance of love. So there was always humor, and there was joy and there was comfort and there was this environment just to have a good time.”

I was hopeless, now I’m on Hope Road.

What was freely given to me, I freely give.

Love is an incredible thing but we don’t know love like we should. Unconditional love we don’t know it because if a person stops stimulating us, we stop loving them.

You might win some, but you just lost one.

From the first time someone says, Who do you think you are? we learn how to repress.

Sometimes we all need to take time and give thanks.

Tomorrow, our seeds will grow. All we need is dedication.

I get out, I get out of all your boxes. I get out, you can’t hold me in these chains. I’ll get out. Father free me from this bondage. Knowin’ my condition is the reason I must change

How you gon’ win when you ain’t right within. Uh uh come again.

It’s silly when girls sell their souls because it’s in.

Everyone is in the same situation, at different levels and in different places.

The sweetest thing I’ve ever known was like the kiss on the collarbone.

We call ourselves creators and we just copy.

A lot of us are too busy focusing on what we think people want to hear, as opposed to just saying what’s in our hearts.

You improve yourself and light up the corner that you live on. You may not touch a gazillion lives, but you can light up your own space, light up your home.

I think what people are attracted to about me, if anything, is my passion. People got exposed to my passion through music and song first.

The most extraordinary thing in the world is an ordinary man and an ordinary woman and their ordinary children.

These are beautiful days. Folks ask what I’m doing. I tell them I’m doing family.

Kindness is the connection that links us all together and strengthens the bonds within our communities, neighborhoods, and families.

I’m lucky that I have my family, I’m lucky that my parents are still together. Those are the things that I cherish.

You are the most important part of the family. Take care of yourself first. Then you’ll be able to take care of everyone else even better.

When absolute control and rigid obedience pose as love within the family and the local faith-community , we produce trained cowards rather than Christian persons.

Acting is in my family. My cousins, my sister, and I always say it’s a legacy that should be kept alive. In the future, it’s something I really want.

Do not force the religion on your family. Show them the beauty of the Religion through your own practice.