American Quotes

I wasn't born a superstar.

I want to make something commercial that people can pick up on.

I want to be cutting-edge.

I want people to feel the heat while they walk down the street and they're just kickin' it.

I want kids of this generation to see that everything is cool, that there's some kind of unity in hip-hop. We all found something that's really important to us, and music is all we've really got.

I mean, when it's time to rhyme rhyme, I can get down for mine.

I got a mother who's very strong after taking the whippings that she took from my father.

Hip-hop is definitely not what it used to be, which was creative, original music.

Everybody is doing the same old thing.

And basically I always said when I was little that if I ever became successful or a celebrity, I would buy her this huge house and she would never have to work anymore. And I've done that. So I feel happy about doing that.

You have to be ready to sing and perform at any time.

My Struggles is a record close to me. It's about what I went through at home living with an abusive father.

I love my mother. She's my first love. She has been through a lot and is a sole survivor.

Music should be your escape.

The sound of 'gentle stillness' after all the thunder and wind have passed will the ultimate Word from God.

Ninety-five percent of our wool is going to China.

Grieve not, then, if your sons seem to desert you, but rejoice, rather, seeing the will of God done gladly.

Feast of Stephen, Deacon, First Martyr, the man who will not act until he knows all will never act at all.

I many no longer depend on pleasant impulses to bring me before the Lord. I must rather response to principles I know to be right, whether I feel them to be enjoyable or not.

It is true that a fellow cannot ignore women - but he can think of them as he ought - as sisters, not as sparring partners.

Most laws condemn the soul and pronounce sentence. The result of the law of my God is perfect. It condemns but forgives. It restores - more than abundantly - what it takes away.

Wherever you are - be all there.

He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.

God always gives His best to those who leave the choice with him.

Somebody has to wear the black hat and give the audience someone to shake their fists at. They want someone to hate. And if that's what you want to pay me to do, I'm happy to do it!

No white group has founded a major religion on this planet. The major religious were started in the Orient and the Middle East, not in Greece and Rome. I always knew you racists didn't have a prayer.

I've got news for you: There are going to be people other than Christians in the hereafter. What are you going to do about it? Are you not going to go?

I'm a practicing Christian - and I'm going to keep practicing till I get it right - but I don't feel everyone has to practice the same religion that I do. You have a right to worship who you choose and how you choose to.

I think I'm the only 65-year-old actress in Los Angeles who hasn't had plastic surgery, so somebody's gotta play the old-lady parts!

I loved raising my kids. I loved the process, the dirt of it, the tears of it, the frustration of it, Christmas, Easter, birthdays, growth charts, pediatrician appointments. I loved all of it.