I definitely feel like, as a singer, I've been able to transition into acting because I always saw them in the same vein. It's all about connecting and telling a story.

Never compromise and sell yourself short.

God is real. God is in me and in my life. I've been blessed, and he continues to bless me, and that is one thing that I will always know for sure.

Remember to be yourself.

Hold your dreams, don't ever let it go

I think a lot of young people don't realize the price of fame is a lot higher than they imagine.

Singing is my passion and something that I still love to do and Im always going to want to do it.

I deal with emotional pain through therapy, writing, therapy in music. I think emotional pain is best dealt with when you use art to express it.

I want to be back on Broadway one day. That's a dream of mine. There's nothing like live theater, and I think it's so important for me to be able to be on stage with an audience that responds.

I want to do stories that inspire people.

One thing I'm passionate about is directing. I've always wanted to direct.

Beware of him that telleth tales.

Compromise has a negative connotation.

The reality is that most of North America knows next to nothing of the 20th centurys first genocide - the systematic slaughter of 1.5 million Armenians in the First World War.

I live in Italy part time, and they're obsessed with what's happening in LA too. They make fun of Americans, but the world wants to know what's going on in Hollywood.

Pride is the master sin of the devil, and the devil is the father of lies.

There are no good and bad movies, only good and bad directors

Good workemen are seldome rich.

I'm totally down with insurrection in the street. I've had a great time with that over the years. Insurrection in the voting booth is the other part of the equation.

You’re going to get what I think is the truth, and it’s going to be raw.

Women say that my election represents a cultural break with the past - a past of sexism, of misogyny.