I love Judy Garland, I love Doris Day, I love Marilyn Monroe. I love everything that comes from that era. The music is just beautiful and powerful - and simple. That's what makes it so great.

Everyone messes up in relationships and has peaks and valleys in their personal lives. When I realized it wasn't the end of the world and I would keep on standing, I knew it was going to be OK.

I think we're all a lot more like our parents than we want to admit.

When something looks too good to be true, it usually is.

It's the best feeling when you wake up and it's warm and cozy, and you don't have to go to work.

I don't really live my life in the media spotlight. People don't know that much really about me or what I think.

I've never had siblings, I didn't grow up in a big family; it was just me and my single mom. And hectic family dysfunction was actually something that I craved.

Being yourself is one of the hardest thing because it's scary you always wonder whether you'll be accepted for who you really are.

I think of Gisele Bundchen to get myself on the treadmill

We like it to be realistic but not real, but I wear something I call the 'vag pad,' it's kind of a little triangular panty liner that you stick to you.

I suppose that it doesn't matter whether a song is written or sung by a man or a woman. If the sentiment is there, it captures the audience.

It's time to rise to the challenge and push beyond that pain and receive your blessing. You are truly favored by God.

Deryn put her own arms around herself, but it didn't feel the same."Barking spiders, " she muttered softly,

I think one of the biggest things that's changed in terms of the rapport with the crowd is that now crowds come to hear our songs. We're getting closer and closer to an artist performance.

Technology is always a two-edged sword. It will bring in many benefits, but also many disasters.

Don't automatically obey Presidential directives if you disagree or if you suspect he hasn't considered key aspects of the issue.

The stairway to the ministry is not a grand staircase but a back stairwell that leads down to the servants’ quarters.

Nothing’s more fun than being carried away.

The longer Jose Mourinho goes on, and on, and on, the more difficult it is for me not to despise him and the set of values he's bringing to football.

Kafka: cries of helplessness in twenty powerful volumes.

I see my studio like a laboratory, where I work like an investigator - it's almost forensic. I love the discovery process in painting.