I actually don't understand a word Paula's saying anymore. It's like a new language.

If your lifeguard duties were as good as your singing, a lot of people would be drowning.

The end of the animal trade would leave more time to trap or beat to death pop star wannabes.

My advice would be if you want to pursue a career in the music business, don't.

Work hard, be patient, and be a sponge while learning your business. Learn how to take criticism. Follow your gut instincts and don't compromise.

I'd say the most dangerous thing I've ever done is probably bungee jumping in Thailand...

I think you have to judge everything based on your personal taste. And if that means being critical, so be it. I hate political correctness. I absolutely loathe it.

That was extraordinary. Unfortunately, extraordinarily bad.

I want people to understand that from the minute Lady Gaga arrived, she created a new set of rules: being different is good; embrace it.

Not everybody is perfect, and I don't think we should be looking for perfect people.

The best way to kill someone is from the inside, by crushing their hopes and dreams.

A spider is slow, but its web catches the fastest flies.

I’m addicted to words. The only way to get my fix is to write and read.

Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best.

Instead of convincing people who are opposed to your message, spend your time finding people who are already predisposed to it.

Family is hugely important to me. Having kids is the best possible way to shake off any kind of darkness that might accompany a role that you're playing.

So Carol, you're a housewife and mother. And have you got any children?

Man needs now no more degrees, but character, No more study, but wisdom.

The cause of nutrition and growth resides not in the organism as a whole but in the separate elementary parts-the cells.

Civilized ages inherit the human nature which was victorious in barbarous ages, and that nature is, in many respects, not at all suited to civilized circumstances.