For me, life is about being positive and hopeful, choosing to be joyful, choosing to be encouraging, choosing to be empowering.

I had something nobody else could do - I sang in a way that separated me - and, when you're trying to get noticed, you play your trump card.

How can you be of service to something other than your own ego and bank account, in a business that's inherently narcissistic?

I've always been passionate about fashion.

I would love to be able to turn my recording career into something that is substantial, and where I can go and tour with an orchestra.

To say that life is nothing but a property of certain peculiar combinations of atoms is like saying that Shakespeare's Hamlet is nothing but a property of a peculiar combination of letters.

East or West, Home is BestNorth or South, Hand to Mouth

Dwelling on thoughts gives birth to feelings.

Exploitation to finance a beach house in Hawaii was one thing. Doing it to feed your kids was another.

I just love music - by no stretch of the imagination am I professionally competent.

I'm first and foremost a guitar player. I've been playing since I was 12, which is over half of my life.

I think the perspective that small-town directors bring to films is very different.

Home is a child's first and most important classroom.

Profile of a winning team - They play to win. They have a winning attitude. They keep improving. They make their teammates more successful.

My heart is so intoxicated with love that I have no wish to speak.