I apply the same amount of dedication to being a mom as I do to my music...

In this life, to earn your place you have to fight for it.

You can't achieve anything in life without a small amount of sacrifice.

I prefer an ugly truth to a pretty lie. If someone is telling me the truth that is when I will give my heart.

There's no better makeup than self-confidence.

Scars remind me of just how far that I've come.

I am trying to make my accent so it won't bother anyone, but I am not going to drive myself crazy trying to pretend I am an American girl when I am from Colombia.

It doesn't matter if you are a musician, a business leader, a president or a student. We all have a responsibility to give back.

I can be like a lioness when defending my people.

Education affects every major challenge we face in society. It creates economic growth, paves the way for peace and stability and helps erase the legacy of marginalization.

Live your life to the fullest.

Set example to your children, in speech and in conduct.

As long as we love happiness will be our constant companion.

I'm just ready to keep going.

Painting is, I think, inevitably an archaic activity and one that depends on spiritual values.

I'm a big health-food freak and a vegetarian devotee.

The greatest threat to your ministry, dear brothers, is that you lose your joy in God.

I think if two people love each other, they should be able to get married. That's pretty much simple.

I don't wanna talk about Teo [Macero]. He's a helluva musician, a brilliant musician, but he's just not for me, that's all. I can elaborate on it, but I don't want to do that.

I would like to give you more of my heart,but there is nothing more I can give you. I gave you everything and you crushed it into bits.

To escape the cycle of tragedy, we (searchers) have to be tough on the ideas of the planners, even while we salute their goodwill.