I have to believe that I know what's best for me. For instance, I choose all my songs. I never record anything I don't want to record. No one tells me what concerts to do.

Children should be able to live a life free from bullying and harassment and it is time that we all took a stand against this.

When I dance, I forget everything else and just feel completely happy.

You learn your lessons from the mistakes you make, not the things you achieve.

Confidence is one of the sexiest things.

At the weekend, one of the paparazzi left their lunch box filled with half-eaten pasta salad on my doorstep: it was like a little warning, you know? 'We have been here.'

I've only ever wanted to be a singer; I never wanted to be famous.

For stage wear and gowns, Julien McDonald, who is a friend of mine. I love that he can be totally over the top for stage wear!

I am a perfectionist.

I have heard of bloggers who don't accept awards. I accept them with open arms...why not? When we spread the love and gratitude around, we have more love and gratitude to give.

I'd love to play Carmen - it's the perfect mezzo role.

Appreciate all of life's beauty and express the deepest gratitude for all the abundance.

You can say that Lebanese has hundreds of lexemes for family relations. Family to the Lebanese is as snow to the Inuit.

Light-minded society mercilessly persecutes in reality what it allows in theory

I don't believe in pessimism. If something doesn't come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it's going to rain, it will.

Being good is commendable, but only when it is combined with doing good is it useful

Being a professional ... is making fewer mistakes than others, as few as possible.

A lot of people say, 'Well, I like a challenge. 'I don't like challenges. Life is tough enough without any challenges.

You aren't going to save the world on your own. But you might inspire a generation of kids to save it for all of us. You would be amazed at what inspired children can do.

The amount of painkillers I was given. Every time I had a pain in my leg I got used to numbing it out.

I am a military police officer and I have served on two deployments my first was to Iraq, in a medical unit, and my second deployment was to Kuwait, as a military police platoon leader.