The lesson that I learned is that you can't drop everything for one person. I've done that and that person has broken up with me, and I've had nothing.

I'm from the South. I'm a Southern Baptist. I have a conservative point of view. I'm a Republican.

Whenever I get frustrated, I tell myself, you could be working at a 7-Eleven right now, so never take for granted what you do for a living.

If I kind of like a guy, then I'm a fantastic flirt. But with a guy I truly like, I get painfully shy.

I'm a conservative. I was an avid supporter of Ronald Reagan; I thought he was fabulous.

Everybody deserves a second chance in this world. That's basically all I ask.

Labels are boring and often have nothing to with the person; it is just the way others perceive you, or choose to perceive you.

I love scars on people. Scars to me are so attractive.

If somebody wants to have plastic surgery, more power to them. I think there's a point where you go overboard.

You just have to keep believing in yourself.

I still get nervous on dates. I'll be sitting at dinner with a guy and I have to excuse myself and go to the bathroom because I can't breathe.

Throwing caution to the wind, leaping merrily into the unknown, onwards they plunge, into the voyage of matrimony.

Intuition matters but, pay more attention to the unconscious bias.

We shall prevail in any problem, if we pray

You're still alive. That means you're winning.

What I need to write well is a combination of heat, light and solitude.

I'm a tireless worker; I don't consider painting a work, it is not an obligation, I do it for pleasure; I haven't found anything that amuses me more than painting.

Anything you build on a large scale or with intense passion invites chaos.

You can't be a creative person and not fall in love with everything. Every movie I've made there's a complicated, twisted love affair with.

Think before you speak. Spend less than what you make. And whatever happens, try to make the best of what's going on.

I never feel that I have to adopt a character. It's more the way I choose to present the music and that's always based on what is right for the song.