I always did sing. It's always been something I love to do but it has also been the most private and most secret thing that you don't really want to let the world in on.

Awareness is empowering.

Be fearless in trying new things, whether they are physical, mental, or emotional, since being afraid can challenge you to go to the next level.

You've got to want to be married to the person you're married to.

I would go to school and be American and then come home and be Greek.

Performing live actually thrills me. Just get me a stage, get me a mic, and I'm going to be happy.

I do think you have to scare yourself. That's where your creativity or your growth comes from. Scaring yourself, challenging yourself, taking those risks, and not caring about what anyone thinks.

My mother is Greek and my father is Bulgarian. I am a first-generation American and native Los Angeleno. I was born and raised in Hollywood.

As a woman, I feel women get the shaft all the time.

The Greek side of me definitely loves a good meal, a lot of laughing, loud discussions.

I'm not trying to prove anything.

The world is your perception of it. Inside and outside always match - they're reflections of each other. The world is a mirror image of your mind.

Chicken is Good! It tastes like chicken.

In a life that does not last forever create something that will last forever.

At the start, I had no idea to go into fashion, because I thought people would think I was stupid. I don't worry about those things anymore.

There's a light somewhere. It may not be much light but it beats the darkness.

The splendors that belong unto the fame of earth are but a wind, that in the same direction lasts not long.

I have never yet seen any plan which has not been mended by the observations of those who were much inferior in understanding to the person who took the lead in the business.

Our goal must be not peace in our time, but peace for all time.

The most successful and brilliant work a lighting designer can do is usually the least noticeable.

My grandfather always told me that it is no good lying on a hospital bed saying, 'I had the right of way', ... That's one of the reasons I was so pleased that the boys could do the IAM test as well.