I always feel a bit vulnerable when I begin a new project, especially when I am playing a character with either a troubled past or unique personality.

One truth I know for sure is that I am so blessed in my life.

I try to keep myself grounded and to stay true to who I am through every experience, positive or negative.

It is important to always love what you do and do what you love. This is my mentality towards my career and my personal life.

Listening to my fans and seeing love and support through social media from them is what I live for.

My biggest life lesson is that money cannot buy happiness.

Accepting new challenges makes me come alive.

If you are born into a family with little money but a lot of love, you will find yourself more content than one who is born with a silver spoon and an empty home.

Being receptive to what is happening around me gives me inspiration and feeds my desire to create.

I love my fans unconditionally. They have been supportive of me through everything, and I would not be here, giving this interview to you, without them.

Nobody can ever be fully prepared to deal with a new, painful situation. Sometimes I react with patience and sometimes I react by doing something impulsive. But I always learn from such experiences.

All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection. So I rate us on the base of our splendid failure to do the impossible.

I keep six honest serving-men they taught me all I know their names are What and Why and When and How and Where and Who

If we are not free, no one will respect us.

I agree with [Donald] Trump: These trade agreements have not been good deals for America, and they need to be fixed.

Most other documents leaked to WikiLeaks do not carry the same explosive potential as candid cables written by American diplomats.

Happiness is transparent. ... That is its virtue.

We try to write the best songs ever, and they come out kind of funny.

I think it's a great time to be a person of color and with talent. And actually, to be a woman as well. Our show is one of the most diverse television shows on television right now.

I marvel every day at how people can excel - and that’s what really gets me going.

Among the songs I love best were those that I see as historically important, which help to change and develop my taste.