I like listening to old soul music. I like Sam Cooke. When I was growing up, the first things I was listening to was Whitney Houston and Cher. They were really big inspirations for me.

If you haven't got love, you've got nothing.

You meet someone, you care for them, and you fall in love; it's what it is.

I don't tend to lie. If I do, it's a little one. Like, 'I'm only around the corner...' when really I'm 10 minutes away.

I can't watch my first audition because it makes me too upset. I just think it is really sad. I look at myself and don't recognize myself. I do think fame and fortune changes people.

I like to write poetry.

I'm not afraid of a rant, am I? I've got to that point where I've just become a woman; I think I've just grown.

Constantly having to think about money is not nice. People used to say, 'Being rich doesn't make you happy'. And I'd think, 'I've got no electricity, nothing - tell that to my empty fridge'.

If you are not happy with the song, don't sing it. Simple as that - no-one forces you to do it.

I'd definitely like more kids when I'm older. And I think I'm like every woman in that I'd like to get married one day.

I was looking for something to make me happy, and once I realised what I actually had, then I found success.

To change situation move forward with wearing smile on your face who cares you are in pain

In America, our differences matter, but our country matters more. That's the attitude I wanted to take to the Senate.

The world we build tomorrow is born in the stories we tell our children today. Politics moves the pieces. Education changes the game.

The present is never the mark of our designs. We use both past and present as our means and instruments, but the future only as our object and aim.

We must have a pure, honest, and warm-hearted motivation, and on top of that, determination, optimism, hope, and the ability not to be discouraged. The whole of humanity depends on this motivation.

I suppose any note, no matter how sour, sounds like a song if you hold onto it long enough.

I was lucky enough to meet the Material Girl twice.

He took a dog-doo snow cone and stuffed it in my right eye. He took a dog-doo snow cone and stuffed it in my other eye.

I began to wonder why we cuddle some animals and put a fork in others.

The noblest deeds are well enough set forth in simple language; emphasis spoils them.