Just staying true to yourself and staying true to your passion. Following your gut.

There's a lot of people out there who go through hard times, and they feel alone. They feel like nobody is there. But I'm in the same boat.

I'm very proud of myself because I have come so close to just giving up and I haven't done that.

Nothing can stop me from loving my brother.

Mom would kill me if I showed my navel.

When you get a chance to step back, you notice all these great things you've done and all these great people that you've worked with.

I needed to explore my talent and versatility and see if I had another side to me, another sound.

My daughter is in love with Adele. She listens to her every day. To see someone with that much passion and soul move a 9-year-old is amazing and it's magical.

That's the beautiful part about acting - you get to play somebody other than yourself. So, I'm open to people who can't sing, people who can, people that sing a little bit, or people that sing a lot.

When you fall in love, you wanna share it with people but you know there are some things that you need to keep to yourself, 'cause privacy makes things last longer, I feel.

It's easy to just give everything up, but it takes a lot of strength and a lot of willpower to just make yourself stay on it and get up and do something different. And I had to do that.

Faith strikes me as intellectual laziness.

Never blame anyone for your life. You are responsible for you.

If you can't find the spirit of the holidays in your heart, you'll never find it under a tree.

That's what you strive for - you strive to take your move to the next level. It's about shock value, always shock value, but keeping it flavor and stylized and making it yours.

They say that God makes problems just to see what you can stand, before you do as the devil pleases.

I do think that some bands seem to be dabbling in the rock-hip-hop world and are not necessarily serious about it.

Nick is like a good stiff drink: He gives everything the correct perspective.

In the last resort, sheer insight is the greatest asset of all.

Could be my soul mate / two kindred spirits / Maybe we're not / I guess we'll never / know

Maybe some people need to believe in a proper and omnipotent God to pray, but I don't.