Growing up I played piano and I sang at a lot of weddings; I grew up in a very small town, a little coal-mining town in Virginia called Grundy. And my family was very sing-songy at home.

This morning I was laughing at my cat who was running up the stairs and slipped, and pretended like it didn't happen.

I was really across-the-board, like a nutcase. I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life, so I just did everything. I was even part of FHA, Future Homemakers of America. How lost was I?

I don't remember my dreams. I'm one of those weird people. I know there are tricks and things you can do, but I never remember my dreams.

I did math in school, obviously. And I loved all my math teachers.

My husband calls me a ginger every single day of my life, so that Im completely used to it, and Ive come to see it as a term of endearment.

I definitely know that I'm quirky. I know that I'm different. Red hair definitely made me different growing up.

I was a big fan of 'The Smurfs' growing up, even though by default - my mom used to force me to watch because she was a 'Smurfs' fan.

I feel really content in my 30s actually. I don't feel like the wisest person in the world but I definitely don't worry or stress like I used to.

I was so focused at 21, maybe to my own detriment because I didn't allow myself to have fun. I was constantly looking for the next audition and working to pay the bills.

I think laughter is the best medicine. If you can't laugh at yourself, then you can't laugh at life and the silliness of it all.

Let the sky fall, when it crumbles - We will stand tall - Face it all together

I've done the bad-boy thing. It was fun for a good three months. But the thing about bad boys is, you have to keep in mind, you're never gonna marry a bad boy.

You have need to pray to God, not only to help you in your troubles--but to help you in your blessings

I think if it's interesting, it's interesting, and if it's not, it's not working.

I get a wave of pride in America when I look back at what we've accomplished in the field of music.

Many people I know who are doing truly helpful and healing ministry find their primary support from a couple of enlightened friends, and only secondarily, if at all, from the larger organizations.

No one can have two viewpoints about terrorism. There is no religion of terrorism. I am often asked my viewpoint on this, maybe because i am very proud to be a Muslim

I find the pain of a little censure, even when it is unfounded, is more acute than the pleasure of much praise.

If AIG had tried to unwind their derivatives books. I don't know. It would have hit every institution in the world.