Confidence is one of the sexiest things.

Children should be able to live a life free from bullying and harassment and it is time that we all took a stand against this.

When I dance, I forget everything else and just feel completely happy.

You learn your lessons from the mistakes you make, not the things you achieve.

At the weekend, one of the paparazzi left their lunch box filled with half-eaten pasta salad on my doorstep: it was like a little warning, you know? 'We have been here.'

I've only ever wanted to be a singer; I never wanted to be famous.

For stage wear and gowns, Julien McDonald, who is a friend of mine. I love that he can be totally over the top for stage wear!

I am a perfectionist.

I have heard of bloggers who don't accept awards. I accept them with open arms...why not? When we spread the love and gratitude around, we have more love and gratitude to give.

I'd love to play Carmen - it's the perfect mezzo role.

I always choose songs that I have an emotional connection to, and I often feel myself getting very emotional when I sing.

Judgement of others and ourselves always comes from a place of fear. It is fear that keeps us from living authentically all that we say we value.

Some memories were harder to forget than others. Especially the painful ones.

For the writer, madness should seep slowly out of them from the world they endure each day.

A lady came up to me one day and said 'Sir! You are drunk', to which I replied 'I am drunk today madam, and tomorrow I shall be sober but you will still be ugly.

I see the iPad as a wonderful new drawing medium, but I am at a loss as to how to make it pay.

Some people just chase the glittery stuff and they have no substance to their life whatsoever. Actually all they really want is power. But they pretend they're interested in enlightenment.

If our zeal were true and genuine we should be much more angry with a sinner than a heretic.

Be encouraged. Stay on your hustle. You can't fail until u quit.

At first there was nothingthen nothing turned itself inside-out and became something

I knelt at the altar of Ray Charles for years. I worked at a restaurant, and that's all there was on the jukebox.