But when the 'Glee' audition came around, my manager literally had to talk me into it. I was petrified to sing in front of anyone.

Be nice to everyone, always smile & appreciate things because it could all be gone tomorrow.

I want to get married and have children and live happily ever after. That's important to me.

I don't have to hide or be somebody I'm not. I don't have to compromise. I can just be myself.

I think if you show up and you work hard and you're straightforward, you can always create your own opportunities. I hope I'm right.

Life is too short to be serious

If people are taking pictures of me at Starbucks, it's not the end of the world. It's cool, it's fun, it's exciting.

Just be you...'cause that's good enough for me!

I've got the rest of my life to be a grown-up. And for now, it's OK to be young.

I'm lucky on so many counts - I'm lucky to be alive.

The show must go on all over the place or something.

For a Jewish guy, I've recorded a lot of Christmas albums.

I didn't want to work. It was as simple as that. I distrusted work, disliked it. I thought it was a very bad thing that the human race had unfortunately invented for itself.

Unless everyone grasps the importance of having only two children per couple, wars won't be over just oil anymore, they will be over water and food.

It’s not technically gossip if you start your sentence with “I’m really concerned about __________________ ,” (fill in the name of the person you’re not gossiping about).

I was born and I live in a small village, where the centre of life is the square, and the small bar/cafe.

I believe that educating people to awaken into full consciousness is the most important thing we can do.

[On not reading newspapers:] If something important happens, your mother calls you.

Much of what I say might sound like it's stirring up trouble, but it's the truth!

When a book is just a plot, you know, two men fight for the love of a woman in a wild frontier, I immediately ask, 'Why?'

An epithet or metaphor drawn from nature ennobles art; an epithet or metaphor drawn from art degrades nature.