I always say you've only got one life to live, and you're not promised a tomorrow. So, you might as well just have a good time with it.

It's hard to be patient. It's hard to sit back and actually wait and allow everything - just let it be.

True story - I had index cards; I would write things on them and post them on the mirror in the bathroom. And I would speak it. Because you have to speak life. You have to speak what you want. You have to watch what you say because it's power in your tongue.

God didn't give up on me. I am somebody in God's eyes... Let me be a prime example of how I've been through the storm and the rain, and I made it over.

My lips are big, but my talent is bigger.

I think my purpose was just to get out and sing. I love to sing. I wasn't even in it for the - you know, the prize. I was, like, 'Hey, man, I'm going to sing.'