My professional persona never loosens its grip, keeping an eye on me at all times.

My path has not been determined. I shall have more experiences and pass many more milestones.

There was a time when the music fell silent. Both within me and around me.

There is a danger of changing too much in the search for perfection.

I'm a country bumpkin. I'm not a showgirl.

I can spot empty flattery and know exactly where I stand. In the end it's really only my own approval or disapproval that means anything.

The press has always written that I am a recluse and a mysterious woman, but I am more down-to-earth than they think.

I have one pug and one Czechoslovakian dog called Prazsky krysarik.

I just want to live in peace and quiet.

When I record, it feels like I'm in a bubble. There's nothing else in my head right then. It's just that song, and I'm trying to really sound like what the song is about.

It's strange that the newspapers don't see a connection between their false revelations about my private life and my need for seclusion and security.

Harbour no hatred in your heart against anyone. People who do this have placed their influence on the risky line.

Trying not to believe things when in your heart you are almost sure they are true, is as bad for the temper as anything I know.

Identity was everything, but it seemed I never had one. (Jessica)

I swallowed, feeling like I'd just gotten the wind knocked out of me. He was breathtaking.

If you act anxiously to hasten your results, you delay their arrival. Calm poise reveals the shortest route home.

The very technologies that empower us to do great good can also be used to undermine us and inflict great harm.

If you find someone with wisdom, good judgment, and good actions; make him a companion.

I like working with kid actors because they surprise you constantly. I mean, all actors do - but kids particularly.

Selfishness is not living your life as you wish to live it. Selfishness is wanting others to live their lives as you wish them to.

It is essential to have good tools, but it is also essential that the tools should be used in the right way.