The first time I got a chance to meet Michael was onstage at Madison Square Garden. There were tons of people on the stage, and I just remember losing my mind. Like, Oh my God, that's Michael Jackson right there. I was just over his right shoulder. And then when I finally got a chance to get on the stage with him, I was just shut down. He had the type of magic that you just bowed to. I just said, "I love you, and I know you've heard it a million and one times from fans all over the world, but you've meant so much to me as an entertainer, and I love you, and I've admired you all these years.

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In time we grow older, we grow wiser, we grow smarter, and we're better. And I feel like I'm becoming more seasoned, although I don't have my salt-and-pepper hair.

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Breaking up is a natural evolution when you try to figure out what you want in life.

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You are who you are, and in the end, If you don't believe it then no one will.

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I like a woman who takes care of herself - it says something about the way she'll care for me.

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Success is measured by personal happiness.

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You are my superstar. I'm your number one fan, give me your autograph, sign it right here on my heart. Girl, I'll be your groupie, baby.

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For a woman to be able to dominate and also be feminine and soft, that's a talent. And its not all about appearance. A woman who has a brain, who is street-smart and book-smart, that woman is very, very sexy to me.

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Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't make them all yourself.

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As you go down the rabbit hole of reading into our history, you realize that there are so many things that history books didn't teach us about ourselves.

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