"Real success is not on the stage, but off the stage as a human being, and how you get along with your fellow man."

"Alcohol gives you infinite patience for stupidity."

"Though I love the luxury of the Waldorf Towers, room service there doesn't do soul food."

"To appear on the stage drunk, to have them leave there and remember me making drunken mistakes, that was death."

"When we're recording, I always dress up."

"When I decided to launch my first knitwear line, it was because I saw a void in the basics category. The editors were always looking for cool, fashion-forward tees and sweaters. So that's where I started."

"Wear a smile and have friends wear a scowl and have wrinkles."

"Opening a family-style restaurant with comfort food like mac 'n' cheese, ribs and burgers has always been my dream."