Touring and promoting and recording take a lot of time, it's just getting the right balance that's important.

Life is too short not to experiment.

I used to be a window cleaner. I got fired because I sometimes liked to drink the soapy water.

Americans are so dedicated to their jobs.

I love all those stupid, cheesy chat-up lines like 'Did God take the stars out of the sky and put them into your eyes?' But I never get chatted up.

My mum actually gave up work to look after my child, which is so touching.

I really, really love being a mum and I absolutely love being a singer so I couldn't be happier.

My daughter is wonderful and incredibly well behaved. I am very lucky. She will always be my priority.

I don't believe stores should stock clothes below or above a certain weight. They should be made to feel uncomfortable when they go in and can't find a size.

There never seems to be enough hours in the day. At the moment I have no time to make new music because I've been doing so much promotion for this new single.

You've got your Justins who have all the back flipping dancers and stuff, and then you've got Lemar, and he totally moves you without having to do all of that, and he's gorgeous.

Intelligence, Kant reminds, is not so much a result of genius, rather it is a consequence of a determination to use it.

The ground we walk on, the plants and creatures, the clouds above constantly dissolving into new formations - each gift of nature possessing its own radiant energy, bound together by cosmic harmony.

I can't imagine working without and audience.

Always enter like a kitten and leave like a lion. But NEVER enter like a lion and leave like a kitten. Always be humble.

The fact is that everyone has ki, which is really little more than a technique of visualization allowing one to utilize the internal energy that we all have and letting it flow through the body.

Today in Washington, D.C., several government buildings were left without power. Of course, the White House will be without power for two more years.

Most museums - with all their burdens to pay for exhibitions, administration, and security - really don't have any money really to acquire art, with few exceptions.

I put my filter on, though, and I only see things people I follow [on Twitter] write now. So, I don't even know anymore [ trolls].

Saying yes all the time won't make me Wonder Woman. It will make me a worn out woman.

Remember when your plans fail, that temporary defeat is not permanent failure.