My mother worked in factories, worked as a domestic, worked in a restaurant, always had a second job.

And I always found that the harder I worked, the better my luck was, because I was prepared for that.

Probably my mother. She was a very compassionate woman, and always kept me on my feet. And I think part of it is just the way you are, the way you're raised. And she had the responsibility for raising me.

I've always had a dream of owning a restaurant.

I'd watch my father get up at 5 o'clock and go down to the Eastern Market in Detroit to do the shopping for his restaurant, and get that business going and then go out on his vending machine business.

I worked in a restaurant and in a nightclub cloakroom.