Although I did end up trying out several different fields before committing to acting, I knew in the deepest part of heart that I wanted to be an actress.

I absolutely love any kind of outdoor activities like snowboarding, hiking, surfing, and laying out on the beach if I ever get the time... which is not often!

As far back as I can remember, I wanted to dance, sing and perform.

Every time I get something that's different than the last thing, I get excited. I don't want to play the same thing, every single time.

When I'm watching TV, I'm always drawn to those female characters who are doing something that I would want to do.

We read the past by the light of the present, and the forms vary as the shadows fall, or as the point of vision alters.

Woke up last night half past four, fifty women knocking on my door.

This ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no fooling around.

She was scared Unprepared Lost in the dark Falling apart I can't survive Without you by my side We're gonna be alright This is what happens when Two worlds collide.

Because I was young, I had this long hair, and people used to try to tip me with joints.

I think all of Manhattan has pretty much become a bar-slash-nightclub-slash-restaurant. There were always pockets of that. But now every corner of Manhattan is that.

It was solitude, but it was solitude that wasn't lonely. Solitude that could sort things out. And he hadn't had that in ages.

Sociological prose is generally written without images in an exact form for an academic audience.

It may be that my most helpful contributions to music aren't my compact discs but my articles about other great singers of the past for American Heritage magazine.

Scotsmen are metaphisical and emotional, they are sceptical and mystical, they are romantic and ironic, they are cruel and tender, and full of mirth and despair.