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With Two Children Of My Own, I Know What It Means To Balance The Demands Of Family And Career - And Let's Not Even Talk About Finding A Date For Myself. Rabbi Shmuley Keeps Telling Me He'll Find Me The Perfect Woman. My Response Is, 'as Long As She's Not A Journalist'.

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With Two Children Of My Own, I Know What It Means To Balance The Demands Of Family And Career - And Let's Not Even Talk About Finding A Date For Myself. Rabbi Shmuley Keeps Telling Me He'll Find Me The Perfect Woman. My Response Is, 'as Long As She's Not A Journalist'.

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Criticizing Reporters Is Like Boo-ing At The Special Olympics.

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I Love Experienced People. I Love People Who Are Phenomenally Talented. I Love People Who've Worked So Hard And Been So Courageous And Are The Leaders In Their Fields. For Me To Meet Somebody Like That And Learn From Them And Share Words With Them -to Me That's Magic.

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Please Go For Your Dreams. Whatever Your Ideals, You Can Become Whatever You Want To Become.

Real Charity Is Giving From The Heart Without Taking Credit.

Insult Me All You Want. Judge Me As Much As You Want. Say What You Think, Everything You Want. But One Thing. Dont Touch My Fans.

If You're Satisfied With Everything You're Just Going To Stay At One Level And The World Will Move Ahead.

You Can't Hurt Me, I Found Peace Within Myself.

Whatever You See Me Do Is Spontaneous Reactions On Stage. It's Nothing Planned. It's Nothing That I Got In The Room And Tried To Think Of Hard. It Just Happens Through Feeling.

I Love Great Music - It Has No Color, It Has No Boundaries.

I Used To Say I And Me Now It's Us, Now It's We

When I Perform, I Lose Myself. I'm In Total Control Of That Stage. I Don't Think About Anything. I Know What I Want To Do From The Moment I Step Out There And I Love Every Minute Of It.

I Am An Instrument Of Nature..love Is My Message.

I Prefer Children Because They Are Honest. They Don't Want Anything From You Other Than To Have Fun. Adults Have Let Me Down. Adults Have Let The World Down.

I Don't Know What I Could Do Besides Sing But I'm Not Worried Because I Figure I've Got The Rest Of My Life To Find Out!

Its All For Love... L.o.v.e.

To Give Someone A Piece Of Your Heart, Is Worth More Than All The Wealth In The World.

Dancers Come And Go In The Twinkling Of An Eye, But The Dance Lives On.

I'm Willing To Forgive The Press, Or Forgive Anybody, I Was Taught To Love And Forgive, Which I Do Have In My Heart.

I Was A Veteran, Before I Was A Teenager.

No! Once The Music Plays, It Creates Me. The Instruments Move Me, Through Me, They Control Me. Sometimes I'm Uncontrollable And It Just Happens - Boom, Boom, Boom! - Once It Gets Inside You.

They Did It To Try And Belittle Me, To Try And To Take Away My Pride. But I Went Through The Whole System With Them. And At The End, I - I Wanted The Public To Know That I Was Okay, Even Though I Was Hurting.

As A Wise Man Once Said, 'if Not Us, Then Who; If Not Now, Then When?'

There's A Mother's Day And There's A Father's Day, But There's No Children's Day. It Would Mean A Lot. World Peace.

If I Could Make Anything Disappear, It Would Be Hate.

I Feel Guilty Just Sitting Around When I Know I Can Be Doing Something.

Success Definitely Brings On Loneliness. People Think You're Lucky, That You Have Everything. They Think You Can Go Anywhere And Do Anything, But That's Not The Point. One Hungers For The Basic Stuff.

I Want To Continue To Grow. To Me, The Biggest Sin Of All Sins, Is To Be Given A Gift, A Talent, Because It's Actually A Gift From God, To Take That And Not Cultivate It And Make It Grow, That's The Biggest Sin In The World.

To Me, Ballads Are Special, Because You Can Have A Pop Song That’ll Be Know For Three Weeks And Then You’ll Hear Nothing Else About It. Nobody Else Will Record It And It’ll Just Be Gone. But If You Do A Good Ballad, It’ll Be In The World Forever.

I Made A Terrible Mistake. I Got Caught Up In The Excitement Of The Moment. I Would Never Intentionally Endanger The Lives Of My Children. I Love My Children. I Was Holding My Son Tight. Why Would I Throw A Baby Off The Balcony? That's The Dumbest, Stupidest Story I Ever Heard.

Entertainment Is About Taking People Away From The Regular Order Of Things When There Is Some Chaos And Pain And Stress.

The Greatest Education In The World Is Watching The Masters At Work.

How Does It Feel When You're Alone And You're Cold Inside

The Distortion Of The Truth Bothers Me.

I Trembled To Think Of A World Without Stars. No Guide For The Sailor To Trust At See, No Jewels To Dazzle Our Sense Of Beauty [...] But All Around The Globe, The Air Is So Dirty And The Lights From The Cities Are So Bright That For Some People Few Stars Can Be Seen Anymore. A Generation Of Children May Grow Up Seeing A Blank Sky And Asking, "did There Used To Be Stars There?

God Created Animals. And They’re Loving; They’re Beautiful. I Feel The Way (anthropologist) Jane Goodall Does Or Any Of Those Naturalists. I Don’t Find My Interest In Animals Weird Or Strange At All.

Deep Down Inside We're All The Same. We All Have The Same Emotions.

I'm Starting With The Man In The Mirror

I Always Wanted To Do Music That Influences And Inspires Each Generation.

What's The Point? You Can Bring In 50 Witnesses And It Would Not Change What The Tape Clearly Shows.

I'm Really Very Self-confident When It Comes To My Work. When I Take On A Project, I Believe In It 100%. I Really Put My Soul Into It. I'd Die For It. That's How I Am.

I Have Been The Artist With The Longest Career, And I Am So Proud And Honored To Be Chosen From Heaven To Be Invincible.

I Love Fairytales. I Like Fantasy A Lot, Science Fiction, I Like Magic. I Like To Create Magic. I Love Magic.

I Believe In God.....i Gain Strength From God. I Believe In Jehovah, God, Very Much.....i Believe In God And Love God.

I Always Had This Yearning To Give And Help And Make People Feel Better.

Yet, Instead Of Loving Our Children More, We Install Metal Detectors In Our Schools.

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I Do Believe Deeply In Perfection. I'm Never Satisfied.

I'm Totally At Home On The Stage. That's Where I Live. That's Where I Was Born. That's Where I'm Safe.

Peace. That's What I Want All Around The World, Everywhere I Go I Always Do The Peace Sign With My Fingers.

What I Enjoy Most About Performing Is Making People Happy. Just To Make A Person Smile Means More To Me Than Anything.

I Don't Like Pop Music.

I Believe We Are Powerful But We Don't Use Our Minds To Full Capacity. Your Mind Is Powerful Enough To Help You Attain Whatever You Want.

I'm A Strong Person. I'm A Warrior And I Know What Is Inside Of Me.

Holding On To Love Is Not Wrong, But You Need To Learn To Hold It Lightly, Caressingly. Let It Fly When It Wants. When It's Allowed To Be Free, Love Is What Makes Life Alive, Joyful, And New. As Long As Love Is In My Heart, It's Everywhere.

But I Will Never Stop Helping And Loving People The Way Jesus Said To.

I Believe That All People Living Together In Unity Is One Of The Most Important Messages We Can Teach Our Children.

I Love Putting On An Outfit Or A Costume And Just Looking At Myself In The Mirror. Baggy Pants Or Some Real Funky Shoes And A Hat And Just Feeling The Character Of It. That's Fun To Me.

I Hate It. I Hate Taxidermy Shops And All That Crap.

Yes, And I Had Pimples So Badly It Used To Make Me So Shy. I Used Not To Look At Myself. I'd Hide My Face In The Dark, I Wouldn't Want To Look In The Mirror And My Father Teased Me And I Just Hated It And I Cried Everyday.

Music Has Been My Outlet, My Gift To All Of The Lovers In This World. Through It - My Music, I Know I Will Live Forever.

Needless To Say, I Love The Interaction Between The Sexes; It Is A Natural Part Of Life And I Love Women. I Just Think That When Sex Is Used As A Form Of Blackmail Or Power, It's A Repugnant Use Of One Of God's Gifts.

Always Appreciate The Gift Of Life! Be Happy And Have Fun!

Remember My Strong Advice; Just Remember To Always Think Twice.

You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet, And The Best Is Yet To Come.

Best Is Yet To Come

There Are Two Kinds Of Music. One Comes From The Strings Of A Guitar, The Other From The Strings Of The Heart.

Pierre Bordieu Was Right: "the All Powerful Is He Who Does Not Wait But Makes Others Wait. Absolute Power Is The Power To Make Oneself Unpredictable And Deny Other People Any Reasonable Anticipation, To Place Them In Total Uncertainty By Offering No Scope For Their Capacity To Predict."

I've Never Seen A Performer Create Electricity With An Audience Like James Brown. He's Got Everybody In His Hands And Whatever He Wants To Do With Them, He Does It. It's Amazing. I've Always Thought He Was Underrated.

If You Don't Have That Memory Of Being Loved, You Are Condemned To Search The World For Something To Fill You Up.

I Would Like To Understand My Father.

God Has Always Been In My Heart And A Part Of My Life And My Familys Lives. It Is Through Him That We Draw Our Strength.

I've Never Asked A Girl Out In My Life, They Have To Ask Me.

Heal The World, Make It A Better Place, For You And For Me And The Entire Human Race, There Are People Dying, If You Care Enough For The Living, Make A Better Place For You And For Me.

Being On Stage Is Magic. There's Nothing Like It. You Feel The Energy Of Everybody Who's Out There. You Feel It All Over Your Body. When The Lights Hit You, It's All Over, I Swear It Is.

Follow The Golden Rule. Be Kind To Your Neighbors, Love Them As Much As You Would Love Yourself, Do Unto Others.

It Puts A Smile On My Face To See All The Children, And All The Teenagers, And The Adults - The Demographics - It Makes My Heart Very, Very Happy. I Love Them. I Love All The Fans, Very Much.

Beer May Cause You To Digress - And Lead A Happier Life.

Forever Continue To Love, Heal And Educate The Children. The Future Shines On Them.

Because Parents Have Power Over Children. They Feel They Have To Do What Their Parents Say. But The Love Of Money Is The Root Of All Evil. And This Is A Sweet Child. And To See Him Turn Like This, This Isn't Him. This Is Not Him.

Xs Were Used Because There Was No Mass Literacy - A State We Are Rapidly Approaching Once More.

Sometimes When You're Treated Unfairly It Makes You Stronger And More Determined. I Admire That Kind Of Strength. People Who Have It Take A Stand And Put Their Blood And Soul Into What They Believe.

Always Believe In Yourself. No Matter Who's Around You Being Negative Or Thrusting Negative Energy At You, Totally Block It Off. Because Whatever You Believe, You Become.

I Could Compose And Write Music And Get To Share It With The Masses And The People Around The World And To Have Them To Receive It So Beautifully - I Love That.

I Always Enjoyed The Feeling Of Being Onstage - The Magic That Comes. When I Hit The Stage It’s Like All Of A Sudden A Magic From Somewhere Just Comes And The Spirit Just Hits You And You Just Lose Control Of Yourself.

We Are The World, We Are The Children.

The Purpose Of Parenting Is To Provide Steady And Wide-ranging Opportunities For A Child. The Child Does The Rest.

So I'm Leaving Sony, A Free Agent, Owning Half Of Sony. I Own Half Of Sony's Publishing. I'm Leaving Them, And They're Very Angry At Me, Because I Just Did Good Business, You Know.

And That's What Innocence Is. It's Simple And Trusting Like A Child, Not Judgmental And Committed To One Narrow Point Of View. If You Are Locked Into A Pattern Of Thinking And Responding, Your Creativity Gets Blocked. You Miss The Freshness And Magic Of The Moment. Learn To Be Innocent Again, And That Freshness Never Fades.

James Brown, Ray Charles, Jackie Wilson, Chuck Berry And Little Richard - I Think They Had Strong Influences On A Lot Of People, Because These Were The Guys Who Really Got Rock'n'roll Going. I Like To Start With The Origin Of Things, Because Once It Gets Along It Changes. It's So Interesting To See How It Really Was In The Beginning.

I Know A Tree Feels It When The Wind Blows Through It. It Probably Goes, 'chhhhhh, This Is Wonderful.' And That's How I Feel When I'm Singing Some Songs. It's Wonderful.

I Always Like To Plan Ahead Of Time And Follow Up.

I Love The Fans And They Are The Reason For My Professional Existence. When I'm Out There Doing A Show And I See The Fans Dancing And Singing, That's What I Love The Most. It's Just The Greatest Feeling In The World.

I Don't Care If The Whole World Is Against You Or Teasing You Or Saying You Are Not Gonna Make It. Believe In Yourself, No Matter What.

The Meaning Of Life Is Contained In Every Single Expression Of Life. It Is Present In The Infinity Of Forms And Phenomena That Exist In All Of Creation.

Inspirational Life

I Love My Fans To Pieces. They're With Me. They Get It, You Know? They Get What I'm Saying.

It's [music Composition] The Most Effortless Thing In The World Because You Don't Do Anything. I Hate To Say It Like That, But It's The Truth.

There's Nothing That Can't Be Done If We Raise Our Voice As One.

All Over The Walls Of My Room Are Pictures Of Peter Pan. I've Read Everything That Barrie Wrote. I Totally Identify With Peter Pan, The Lost Boy From Never Neverland.

[about Tabloid Magazines] Just Because You Read It In A Magazine Or See It On A Tv Screen Doesn't Make It Factual. To Buy It Is To Feed It.

Often People Just Don't See What I See. They Have Too Much Doubt. You Can't Do Your Best When You're Doubting Yourself. If You Don't Believe In Yourself, Who Will?

When All Life Is Seen As Divine, Everyone Grows Wings.

I'm A Black American, I Am Proud Of My Race. I Am Proud Of Who I Am. I Have A Lot Of Pride And Dignity.

I Think Secretly And Privately There Is A Destiny For Me And Just For Me To Stay On That Track And Follow It. I Really Believe And Feel I Am Here For A Reason And That's My Job, You Know, To Perform For The People And If They Accept It That I Am Rewarded.

Change Is Inevitable And Always Good In One Sense Or The Other.

Inevitable Change

Change Is Inevitable

I Am Here In Spirit With You And You Are In My Prayers. Remember God Is With You, And Have Faith In The Fact That This Too Shall Pass.

We Look High And Low For God, But Somehow He's Not There. So We Blame Him And Tell Ourselves That He Must Have Forgotten Us. Or Else We Decide That He Left Us Long Ago, If He Was Ever Around." "how Strange," The Little Fish Said, "to Miss What Is Everywhere." "very Strange," The Old Whale Agreed. "doesn't It Remind You Of Fish Who Say They're Thirsty?

I Love To Create. I Love To Make Magic. I Love To Create The Unexpected.

I Think The Actor Or Performer Should Be - To Touch That Truth Inside Of A Person. Touch That Reality So Much That They Become A Part Of What You're Going And You Can Take Them Anywhere You Want To.

I Wouldn't Say I Was Sexy! But I Guess That's Fine If That's What They Say. I Like That In Concert. That's Neat.

Planet Earth, Gentle And Blue With All My Heart, I Love You. Dancing The Dream By Michael Jackson

But They Told Me A Man Should Be Faithful, And Walk When Not Able, And Fight Till The End But I'm Only Human.

To Clink Glasses Of A Freshly Made, Seasonal Beer, Preferably In A Pub Or Garden, With Friends And Perhaps New Acquaintances, Is A Ritual That Makes Every Participant Feel Good. We May Not Rationalize This At The Time, But It Gives Us A Sense Of Place In Our Common Community And Our Time In The Tides Of Life On Earth. This Is A Way To Value Beer And Treat It With Respect.

Wherever You Go, In Every Country, On Every Continent, People Yearn And Hunger For One Thing: To Love And Be Loved.

I Think…to Give. In The Best Way I Can, Through Song And Through Dance And Through Music. I Mean, I Am Committed To My Art. I Believe That All Art Has As Its Ultimate Goal The Union Between The Material And The Spiritual, The Human And The Divine. I Believe That To Be The Reason For The Very Existence Of Art. And I Feel I Was Chosen As An Instrument To Just Give Music And Love And Harmony To The World. To Children Of All Ages, And Adults And Teenagers.... I Love People Of All Races From My Heart, With True Affection.

I'm Happy To Be Alive, I'm Happy To Be Who I Am.

Happy To Be Alive

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