I try to choose the songs that really are basically coming from my heart. I think that through the songs that I select, people know what's going on in my life.

You can't just sit there and wait for people to give you that golden dream. You've got to get out there and make it happen for yourself.

Instead of looking at the past, I put myself ahead twenty years and try to look at what I need to do now in order to get there then.

I really, deeply believe that dreams do come true. Often, they might not come when you want them. They come in their own time.

Take a little time out of your busy day to give encouragement to someone who's lost their way.

Most people are so hard to please that if they met God, they'd probably say yes, she's great, but.

You know, you do need mentors, but in the end, you really just need to believe in yourself.

It takes a long time to get to be a diva. I mean, you gotta work at it.

My travels led me to where I am today. Sometimes these steps have felt painful, difficult, but led me to greater happiness and opportunities.

I can be a better me than anyone can.

If I have someone who believes in me, I can move mountains.

In the absence of love, we began slowly but surely to fall apart.

The fundamental emotional need of every child is being-with.

To the victor belong the responsibilities.

It does no harm to the romance of the sunset to know a little bit about it.

There's always somebody who is paid too much, and taxed too little - and it's always somebody else.

I always say when you write a book, you're a 'one-man band.' Whereas, when you finish a screenplay, it's just a sketch.

Every time I get something that's different than the last thing, I get excited. I don't want to play the same thing, every single time.

Genuine philosophical problems are always rooted outside philosophy and they die if these roots decay.

who wants to read about success? It is the early struggle which makes a good story.

Hollywood is a bit of a publicity game where it's constantly trying to portray things and put up this image and I was not interested in that.