"When I got into junior high school, that's when my mom let me dress how I wanted to dress. Up to that point I wore suits to school all the time."

"Not many people give you a vision of what the future will bring."

"Philanthropy is the thing that I am really excited about, and having success means I can do more."

"Disco is the first technology music. And what I mean is that 'disco' music is named after discs, because when technology grew to where they didn't need a band in the clubs, the DJ played it on a disc."

"Religion is not only a part of education, an element of humanity, but the center of everything else, always the first and the ultimate, the absolutely original."

"What is a normal childhood? We weren't rich, we were pretty middle-class. My dad survived from job to job; with him taking care of so many relatives, he couldn't save any money."

"I've been actually really very pleased to see how much awareness was raised around bullying, and how deeply it affects everyone. You know, you don't have to be the loser kid in high school to be bullied. Bullying and being picked on comes in so many different forms."

"You can't study the darkness by flooding it with light."