I'm always smiling and happy.

There's a lot of people out there who go through hard times, and they feel alone. They feel like nobody is there. But I'm in the same boat.

I'm very proud of myself because I have come so close to just giving up and I haven't done that.

Nothing can stop me from loving my brother.

Mom would kill me if I showed my navel.

Just staying true to yourself and staying true to your passion. Following your gut.

When you get a chance to step back, you notice all these great things you've done and all these great people that you've worked with.

I needed to explore my talent and versatility and see if I had another side to me, another sound.

My daughter is in love with Adele. She listens to her every day. To see someone with that much passion and soul move a 9-year-old is amazing and it's magical.

That's the beautiful part about acting - you get to play somebody other than yourself. So, I'm open to people who can't sing, people who can, people that sing a little bit, or people that sing a lot.

When you fall in love, you wanna share it with people but you know there are some things that you need to keep to yourself, 'cause privacy makes things last longer, I feel.

If you are yet to cross the victory lines of your endeavors, you definitely haven't done your best. There will always more left in you to give to your goals and dreams.

A kiss should be personal, not a mandatory public event

A woman should have not only equal rights but much more rights than men because she is our sacred and beloved mother.

If you want to know someone's character, give him power.

When Rimbaud became a slave trader, he stopped writing poetry.

Even to this day, no native Australian animal species and only one plant species-the macadamia nut-have proved suitable for domestication. There still are no domestic kangaroos.

There are always people doing things wrong who need to be taught, for their own good. That's doable.

One time I was forced to go to the doctors because of a sports accident. Herpes.

America is not just 'a nation with the soul of a church,' as G.K. Chesterton wrote in 1992: it is a nation with the mind of a crusade

Me and Jaden just figured out that our voices sound like chocolate together. As good as chocolate tastes, it sounds that good.