I always wanted to sing. I didn't know how to do it. I didn't know how to make the singing thing happen.

Awareness is empowering.

Be fearless in trying new things, whether they are physical, mental, or emotional, since being afraid can challenge you to go to the next level.

You've got to want to be married to the person you're married to.

I would go to school and be American and then come home and be Greek.

Performing live actually thrills me. Just get me a stage, get me a mic, and I'm going to be happy.

I do think you have to scare yourself. That's where your creativity or your growth comes from. Scaring yourself, challenging yourself, taking those risks, and not caring about what anyone thinks.

My mother is Greek and my father is Bulgarian. I am a first-generation American and native Los Angeleno. I was born and raised in Hollywood.

As a woman, I feel women get the shaft all the time.

The Greek side of me definitely loves a good meal, a lot of laughing, loud discussions.

I always did sing. It's always been something I love to do but it has also been the most private and most secret thing that you don't really want to let the world in on.

We are here and it is now. Further than that, all human knowledge is moonshine.

The greatest motivation in life is the one that's deeply rooted in one's passion.

I don't have talent, I have tenacity.

Twinkle twinkle little star! How I wonder what you are Up above the world so high Like a diamond in the sky!

There is no such thing as an inevitable war. If war comes it will be from failure of human wisdom.

It's not that I dislike many people. It's just that I don't like many people.

Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally arise.

Any chance beats no chance.

Seeing God hath thus set us at liberty, what rashness it is for worms of the earth to make new laws; as though God had not been wise enough.

Love has more force than a besieging army.