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My mom used to tell me that the most valuable thing she owned was her library card. We were poor, but that's not what she was talking about. My mom knew that education opened doors and opened minds.

The only thing that mattered was what you were to do in life, and it wasn't about money. It was about teaching, or learning.

One thing that people keep on saying to me is that the wealth and the fame must have made up for missing out on my childhood. But the idea of money - putting a price on your childhood - is ridiculous. You will never get those years back and you can't put a price on them.

My parents did great and provided well, and gave all their kids personal, moral, ethical values, not a belief that we were entitled to something.

When I sold my first business, I wanted to do something nice for my dad. I wanted to give my parents a bunch of money, but they wouldn't take anything from me. They were so happy for me; they felt they didn't need money.

The blessing that I got from my parents, even if they didn't really teach me about money, was their simple lifestyle.

What my parents believed was that, you know, the best wealth they could give to us children was to educate us and, you know - give us that foundation.

There isn't any amount of money that could tempt me to promote something that I didn't believe in.

Growing up, I didn't know anything about money other than we didn't have any.

I was raised not to talk about money. It was considered impolite.