I grew up when the whole Motown thing was huge. The charts in those days were dominated by groups more than solo artists at one point.

If your lifeguard duties were as good as your singing, a lot of people would be drowning.

The end of the animal trade would leave more time to trap or beat to death pop star wannabes.

My advice would be if you want to pursue a career in the music business, don't.

Work hard, be patient, and be a sponge while learning your business. Learn how to take criticism. Follow your gut instincts and don't compromise.

I'd say the most dangerous thing I've ever done is probably bungee jumping in Thailand...

I think you have to judge everything based on your personal taste. And if that means being critical, so be it. I hate political correctness. I absolutely loathe it.

That was extraordinary. Unfortunately, extraordinarily bad.

I want people to understand that from the minute Lady Gaga arrived, she created a new set of rules: being different is good; embrace it.

Not everybody is perfect, and I don't think we should be looking for perfect people.

The best way to kill someone is from the inside, by crushing their hopes and dreams.

So go, girl. We should have been one person all along, not two.

The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

So what is a good meditator? The one who meditates.

I didn't get the charm gene.

I don't know the nuts and bolts of writing. I studied medicine. I was a pre-med nerd. So everything I learned, I know about writing is very instinctive.

There isn't a Parallel of Latitude but thinks it would have been the Equator if it had had its rights.

I don't spend money on anything. I don't collect anything. I don't spend it on furniture.

Our ancestors who changed the world did so through new ideas which came to them as they acted.

Very seldom do you come upon a space, a time like this, between act and act, when you may stop and simply be.

Every moment in our lives is a miracle we should enjoy instead of ignoring.