Although religion was around me my whole life I never felt it was forced upon me. It is my centring, my grounding, the soul of me. I feel I'm nothing without it.

It’s important to be fearless yet vulnerable. It takes courage to do both.

I think shoulders are sexier than cleavage.

If believing in yourself and going after what you want in life and realising your worth is ruthless and selfish, then I'm definitely ruthless and selfish.

I don't really believe in diets. I love food... If I deprive myself, I'm going to want it more. I snack on yogurt, raw cashews and cherry tomatoes.

Confidence comes with maturity, being more accepting of yourself.

Girl power is about loving yourself and having confidence and strength from within, so even if you’re not wearing a sexy outfit, you feel sexy.

When I go onstage, I kind of turn into a beast sometimes, this alter-ego, you know.

I've always had a fighter's spark in me. I was born with it. I think it's in my blood.

It takes time to really understand your body shape and it's taken me years to know what I can and can't pull off.

Once you stay true to just having a good time and being honest to your fans and your audience, you can't go wrong.

Fulfil the needs of the soul, which travels beyond the death and which will survive the extinction of the world.

Destiny is the music of the improbable. Were it otherwise, almost anyone could exist.

My mission in life is to be kind, compassionate, caring, and loving in order to find and feel the deepest joy of life.

It's a pelvis thrust, not a pelvic wiggle.

Dwellers by the sea are generally superstitious sailors always are. There is something in the illimitable expanse of sky and water that dilates the imagination.

Your mind will really talk to you when you begin to deny fulfillment to your desires, and you will find how subtle and shameless it is.

People ask me how I stay happy and sane: I never google myself.

There comes a moment when it is no longer you who takes the photograph, but receives the way to do it quite naturally and fully.

Too many women have given up the power over the years because men have created the terms.

We are called not simply to communicate the gospel to nonbelievers; we must also intentionally celebrate the gospel before them.