I always wanted to be an actress. I always wanted to be a movie star.

To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funny bone.

For me, singing sad songs often has a way of healing a situation. It gets the hurt out in the open into the light, out of the darkness.

Be different, stand out, and work your butt off.

Again its time to pray for peace.

If you want to succeed in life...you must pick 3 bones to carry with you at all times: a wish bone, a backbone, and a funny bone.

It's very important to surround yourself with people you can learn from.

Finding a good bus driver can be as important as finding a good musician.

It's funny how many people will come to Vegas to see your show where they might not come out to see you unless you come to their hometown.

Life's supposed to be about making the path a little gentler for those traveling behind you.

Make sure you're always giving, way more than you're taking

Ah, yes, choice. I chose to let my ghosts stay in past. Past is history you know. Living is now. I sat. I breathed. I let past go. I let future go. I am. That is all.

There are different gifts and talents in each of us

The world is a terrifying place, more than I ever realized. But if I had my whole life to do over again, that's literally the only thing I'd change. I'd stop being so afraid of other people.

No one was above the law, and no one was below its protection.

I still don't really think about acting that much. I just do it.

I don't even like hearing my own voice on an answering machine.

I think I'm drawn to characters with complexity or who are under duress in some way and have some conflict going on.

Man is the being whose project it is to be God.

If you think of music as a universal language, it still has some very powerful dialects.

I do remember actually learning chords to Beatles songs. I thought they were great songwriters.