I think that being thrown into instant fame must be, at times, difficult.

The teacher wonders but she doesn't ask It's hard to see the pain behind the mask Bearing the burden of a secret storm Sometimes she wishes she was never born

In my daughter's eyes, I am a hero, I am strong and wise, and I know no fear, but the truth is plain to see, she was sent to rescue me, I see who I want to be, in my daughter's eyes.

Love's the only house big enough for all the pain in the world.

I grew up in the country surrounded by music.

I am happy that women can relate to my songs, and hopefully men can too.

Baby, I've tried to find a place inside your heart. Oh, but it's hard to start a fire without a spark.

I think we should all be tolerant of each other and embrace each others' strengths and differences and uniqueness and beauty.

Every show, every audience is different, and I just love leaving the venue feeling like we all know each other a little bit better.

I believe everything in moderation. But breakfast is important. I have two hard-boiled or scrambled eggs with whole-wheat toast and try to get some fruit in there.

I listen to music I'm looking to record or catch up on news and TV, whatever is on the TV at the gym!

A kiss on the beach when there is a full moon is the closest thing to heaven.

France has lost a battle. But France has not lost the war

What's true about you is what God says about you. Not what your mirror says. Not what your past says.

People love to see you get ahead — so long as you don't get farther ahead than they are.

The smallest fault of women who give themselves up to love is to love.

Men are the only animals that devote themselves, day in and day out, to making one another unhappy. It is an art like any other. Its virtuosi are called altruists.

I saw Brahms's Hungarian Rhapsody on television when I was two. Tom and Jerry were playing it together. I thought, 'Hey, if a cat can play like that, why can't I?'

His white boots were on fire against Arsenal, and he'll be looking for them to reproduce tonight.

School seemed unimportant, since I learned so much more on my own.

There is something about riding down the street on a prancing horse that makes you feel like something, even when you ain't a thing.