'Battlefield' was one of those slow-building songs, the way 'Tattoo' was. It was kind of a word-of-mouth hit. The more people heard it, the more they started requesting it on the radio.

I love berries. Strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, black berries, anything with an 'errie' in it!

My heroes are just everyday people who work hard, are honest and have integrity.

Take one step at a time, there's no need to rush

Right now, I feel like I can take on the world. Ambition is the perfect word for where I am in my life right now.

I like to wear sleeves because they cover up my arms.

I know what I want to look like. I don't want to look trashy. I want mothers to be able to look at me and not have to close their kids' eyes!

If I don't laugh at least 20 times a day - it hasn't been a good day.

I've grown up a lot, I've experienced a lot, I'm in love, I'm super happy with who I am and comfortable in my own skin and that's definitely gonna be portrayed in the music and in the lyrics.

I like what I see in the mirror. I liked what I saw in the mirror before. It just didn't work in a bikini. And now it does. So I'm excited!

I love food and I love my curves.

Minds with fixed ideas are like granite: They can never be penetrated with soft words and gentle persuasions.

In fact, I wouldn't really call this a Gospel album, I call it more an inspirational album.

I don't blame younger generations for their lack of awareness. Americans in general are not interested in history.

I been the same dude my whole life.

Because wisdom is innate, we can all enlighten ourselves.

When two or three sciences are pursued at the same time if one of them be dry, as logic, let another be more entertaining, to secure the mind from weariness.

Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity.

God didn't produce a ready-made world. The Creator has done something cleverer than this, making a world able to make itself.

Your personality - the real you inside - was the price of beauty.

It seems pointless to be quoted if one isn't going to be quotable ... it's better to be quotable than honest.