I'm not gonna apologize for who I am and what I've gone through.

My dogs are about unconditional love. It's so wonderful to walk in the door from a long day and all they want to do is be loved and to give and give.

Keep on shining, keep on smiling, don't lose faith, and don't lose heart. When you're crying, just keep trying to remind yourself, you're a shining star, yes you are.

Online bullying has to stop.

I believe for everyone who goes astray, someone will come to show the way.

You can't break what's broken already.

I will love you all my life and when I die I will still love you through eternity and beyond.

The Holy Spirit said I was blessed and was going to touch hearts everywhere.

I've never heard a song written from a stepmother's point of view, about their family.

Even one kid going hungry in America is one too many. How can we stand by when the reality is that there are more than 12 million underfed children in the U.S.? We can make a difference.

No matter which way I move you, that's a powerful thing to be able to do.

We must clean our national psyche from all manifestation of evil, be it kidnapping, militancy, insurgency, murders or assassinations.

Genetic engineering is a result of science advancement, so I don't think that in itself is bad. If used wisely, genetics can be beneficial, but they can be abused, too.

Some of my high school teachers did remind me that I had an excellent imagination when it came to making up excuses.

You must plan your work and then work your plan.

Write your own music and write frequently. Go to as many live shows as you can as well (of bands you enjoy of course). You can learn a lot watching other performers.

Things certainly aren't the way you imagine them when you're a kid and dreaming big dreams about what your life as a grown-up will look like.

Shooting gives me a good feeling. It is faster than baseball and you are out on one strike.

If you eliminate smoking and gambling, you will be amazed to find that almost all an Englishman's pleasures can be, and mostly are, shared by his dog.

Quantitative easing prints money & causes inflation.

The city has to do what any citizen or family does, when you have a dream. You tighten your belt. You sacrifice some luxuries. Above all, you don't waste a dime.