Books have always been important to me - my mom was a first grade teacher, so I grew up reading all the time.

Like every other girl in the world, my most embarrassing moment had to do with a guy completely turning me down. His loss!

My experiences remind me that it's those black clouds that make the blue skies even more beautiful.

I'm very friendly or whatever, but I would hardly say that I'm that cookie-cutter. I don't live in L.A. or New York. I live in Texas, and I go to hole-in-the-wall bars, so there's no paparazzi there.

I never said I was a 'good girl.' I'm not a bad girl.

People keep asking me if I am having more fun, being blonde, but I always have fun! Whether I'm blonde, redhead, or brunette! I always have fun.

God will never give you anything you can't handle, so don't stress.

I'm a hygiene freak. I'm like obsessive-compulsive when it comes to washing your hands.

Honestly, I just think we all have special gifts, everyone. You know, obviously, some are more noticeable than others and that's why there's the limelight. Everybody's in it.

Everything changes, but beauty remains.

I've never been more nervous in my life than singing the national anthem at the Super Bowl.

You may not lead by ordering, but you may lead by showing possibilities and the beauty of success.

Trust is created over time with consistent actions.

If you live life on your own terms it shouldn’t feel like a jail cell.

If you want to treat China as an enemy, you have a much better chance of making them an enemy than if you treat them as a potential friend.

Music, Music for a while Shall all your cares beguile. Alexander's Feast

Take every opportunity that comes your way. You should never, never see an opportunity in the eye and pass by. Never!

Know, man hath all which Nature hath, but more, And in that more lie all his hopes of good.

I've always been attracted to characters that were interesting to me, and different.

Well, it's funny because, "The Green Leaves of Summer" and "The Alamo" theme are the same thing. There's just - the Brothers Four was a different recording of it.

I'm a comeback waiting to happen. No one deserves it more than I do.