How could an Angel break my heart? Why didn't he catch my falling star? I wish I didn't wish so hard. Maybe I wished our love apart.

Cause you mean the world to me, you are my everything; I swear the only thing that matters, matters to me.

Performing live is the greatest high in the world. That's why I do what I do

I'll probably be 80 years old and still performing. Music is like fashion, it changes. But some things will always be the same.

I'm not a diva. I'm a tadpole trying to be a frog.

I can imagine you touching my private parts. With just the thought of you I can't help, but touch myself.

I take an active role in my imaging and how I look.

I can't record in the morning because I sound like Barry White.

When you take high risks, the rewards are higher. So sometimes I'll gamble just to see what happens. If it doesn't work, I know I can't do that.

...And i can't get you out of my mind, God knows how hard I've tried.

I learned that I had to believe in myself and not just to be comfortable with the opinions of others. I'm just more in control; I finalize everything.

Blood rushed to the regions of my body that I associated with naughtiness, and I was powerless to stop it.

I could have played another year, but I would have been playing for the money, and baseball deserves better than that.

There are few mortals so insensible that their affections cannot he gained by mildness, their confidence by sincerity, their hatred by scorn or neglect

I don't believe in capital per se or a priori but I do occasionally believe in personal capital vis-a- vis psychic energy exchange. I use the word "capital" only poetically.

Without the element of enjoyment, it is not worth trying to excel at anything.

I blame al-Jazeera - they are marketing for the Americans!

If you're looking to become an entrepreneur then don't waste your time going to university or business school - just get on and do it.

My contention is that that style is just as stylized as an ornate style.

It takes four private-sector jobs to support every public-sector employee.

Communities need to feel that they can accommodate people. Rather than feeling that it's not possible to integrate and that the stress and strain on housing and public services is too great.