“I think if you look back at the lead singers that left groups that did...” — Jeffrey Osborne Quote

“I think if you look back at the lead singers that left groups that didn't make it, you'll see that a lot of them were songwriters like Lionel Richie. I mean, they were able to control their own destiny.”

“My father was incredible on trumpet and played with the likes of Duke Ellington and Count Basie.”

“I always wanted to sing a jazz record.”

“The beauty of all these years of singing the anthem is that I got a chance to meet athletes that I love, and there was a mutual respect.”

“I'll sing forever.”

“With pop, it's pretty much straight up and down. It has to be simple. Everybody has to be able to walk down the street and be able to sing it.”

“You can be great only if it is your destiny.”

“When the 'Seinfeld' show said it was going to be a show about nothing, everybody said it couldn't - wouldn't work. It did. 'Thor' is about something, about that character finding his destiny, but it's not doing what was expected... and yet it's doing very well.”

“I think I didn't know whether I wanted to keep acting deep into my career. I kept trying to see if I would be able to do it well enough to make that part of my destiny or part of what I was supposed to do.”

“I guess you could say it's always been my destiny to be a performer.”

“Our inexorable destiny is to be a great nation.”

“Money is rarely just money. Sometimes it stands in for love or self-esteem or freedom or a sense of control over your destiny (especially if you lacked these things in childhood).”