I actually may do a musical next year... not one that I've written; one that I may star in. Plus my concert and other people's work and all of a sudden you've got a very full life.

Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

I do believe we're all connected. I do believe in positive energy. I do believe in the power of prayer. I do believe in putting good out into the world. And I believe in taking care of each other.

The great thing about suicide is that it's not one of those things you have to do now or you lose your chance. I mean, you can always do it later.

Nothing binds a people to their leader like a common enemy. Voters don’t change governments during war.

Art has the power to transform, to illuminate, to educate, inspire and motivate.

Change your mind as often as possible. Just because you thought something yesterday doesn't mean you have to think it today. Don't ever become a prisoner of your own opinion

Time will tell us what we did and didn't do.

Anyone with a smart phone is a potential eyewitness cameraman capturing and transmitting stories at speeds that turn Reuter photos and traditional reporting into, well... yesterday’s news.

I guess a drag queen's like an oil painting: You gotta stand back from it to get the full effect.

Any church that is overly emphasizing the role of miracles is encouraging his members to be indolent.

Buy not what you want but what you have need of what you do not want is dear at a farthing.

I have learned that champions aren't just born champions can be made when they embrace and commit to life-changing positive habits.

The older I grow, the more I find myself alone.

Biologists can be divided into two classes: experimentalists who observe things that cannot be explained, and theoreticians who explain things that cannot be observed.

I'm a big believer in persistence, don't be greedy and, above all, work hard. It's what keeps me going.

My responsibility is leadership, and the minute I get negative, that is going to have an influence on my team.

If you don't make mistakes, you don't make anything .

I think it was Mark Twain who said, “Get your facts straight, and then you can distort them as much as you like.

The price of civilization is instinctual renunciation.