I do follow a version of the Dukan diet, but I don't follow it to the extreme so a lot of fish and vegetables. If I want chocolate I'll let myself have a bit of chocolate in moderation.

Children should be able to live a life free from bullying and harassment and it is time that we all took a stand against this.

When I dance, I forget everything else and just feel completely happy.

You learn your lessons from the mistakes you make, not the things you achieve.

Confidence is one of the sexiest things.

At the weekend, one of the paparazzi left their lunch box filled with half-eaten pasta salad on my doorstep: it was like a little warning, you know? 'We have been here.'

I've only ever wanted to be a singer; I never wanted to be famous.

For stage wear and gowns, Julien McDonald, who is a friend of mine. I love that he can be totally over the top for stage wear!

I am a perfectionist.

I have heard of bloggers who don't accept awards. I accept them with open arms...why not? When we spread the love and gratitude around, we have more love and gratitude to give.

I'd love to play Carmen - it's the perfect mezzo role.

Yet falling in love is not the same as being able to love.

Samadhi is the absorption of God. There's no sense of time, place or condition.

There is only one Islam, and that is a totalitarian ideology that has no room for anything but Islam.

The principal of unity and indivisibility of the republic are the essential reference points.

For me, literature is a complex game, both mental and concrete, which is acted out in a physical manner on the page.

I know the most important faculty to develop is one for hard, continuous and varied work and living; but the difference between knowing this and doing anything consistent about it is often abysmal.

We don't go anywhere. Going somewhere is for squares. We just go!

There is no life, truth, intelligence, nor substance in matter. All is infinite Mind, and its infinite manifestation, for God is All in All. Spirit is immortal Truth; Matter is mortal error

I don't want to do something that I've done before; I can't see the point of it.

You've got to realize. In the western world, regardless of what color you are, what title the music is, it's all played by the same notes.