I do believe that if you haven't learnt about sadness, you cannot appreciate happiness.

For my convalescence, I had to exercise my voice only with vowels. It is a medical rule after a long loss of voice.

I have been so lucky to receive so much love from those who enjoy my music, that I feel I have to give as much of it as I can back to children.

When I was very young I was the ugly duckling. I had a lot of complexes. My sister was wonderful and I was nothing.

When you want something very dearly, you make the time.

The Berlin Wall go down, that was the most wonderful thing that could happen, absolutely. I celebrated with everybody in Berlin that day when the Wall was down.

One of the most wonderful memories in my life was when I sang at the Opera House in Sydney. I will never forget that. It is one of the most beautiful Houses I have ever sung in my life.

When I started to work with UNICEF, it was a new way of giving some love and care to the world.

UNICEF has made the most rewarding thing that I have ever done in my life.

It's nice to look good, but the most important thing is to be you.

I think sometimes you are born with a song.

It's just as important to be around people that influence stable mental health as it is working towards it.

Job understood that he was nothing more than God’s invention and so too was his suffering

The problem with fiat money is that it rewards the minority that can handle money, but fools the generation that has worked and saved money.

And all our troubles, all our immense difficulties, now and in the future, can I say, be solved if we have the will, the courage, the boldness to face them, face them square.

Prosperity comes from leaving people free in a legal system that respects their persons and property so they can pursue their dreams while taking responsibility for their actions.

You better do your job and not lean on me to do it for you.

I found people looked better when they laughed

I still want what I've always wanted ... to be the best person I can be.

To be famous is to be stuck in an inflexible place. But at least it is to be stuck with money.

I'm a kid from New York, so urban life reflected into art and music was around me and accessible and tangible.