I have those days where I'm PMSing and bloated.

I'm an ocean, because I'm really deep. If you search deep enough you can find rare exotic treasures.

So, where's the Cannes Film Festival being held this year?

The female body is something that's so beautiful. I wish women would be proud of their bodies and not diss other women for being proud of theirs.

You can never be too perfect, too thin, too curvy. I'm very confident and happy with my body.

I am Ecuadorian but people felt so safe passing me off as a skinny, blue-eyed white girl.

I don't think there is such a thing as being too raunchy when it comes to the art form of burlesque.

There was no way in hell I was going to jeopardize my baby for my show.

Blues and soul and jazz music has so much pain, so much beauty of raw emotion and passion.

I love theatrics and have a huge imagination: Why would I want to sit onstage and sing a bunch of ballads back-to-back?

I remember watching the Grammys and looking at the performances and crying to my mom, saying how much I wanted to be there.

The only thing limiting you is yourself.

Live every single day doing something relevant

And for the world's orphans. A portion of this book's proceeds will go to you.

Happiness is like coke — something you get as a by-product in the process of making something else.

When people praise you, don't let it go to your head. When they criticize you, don't let it go to your heart.

Fashion and riches will mask much annoyance.

Power is the ability to make change.

I remembered something my first partner had told me. Never wrestle with a pig, Lindsay. You both get dirty. The pig likes it.

We live in a bizarre world - there are cameras in our house!

Beauty and Truth, tho' never found, are worthy to be sought.