I refuse to be a doormat to any man. I will never allow anyone to push me around. I am my own mistress.

People appreciating my performance is good enough for me. I don't care much for awards and have never given it much thought. And anyway, I can't play the games people play to win awards.

Alayana would forget my compliments

Greatness has never been a product of a mind that sees itself as being very unlucky in life.

You were born to persistently change your negative conditions instead of being changed by them.

I think a lot of people who feel as though they desperately want to be married oftentimes simply desperately want to have a wedding.

When I die, don't come, I wouldn't want a leaf to turn away from the sun -- it loves it there. There's nothing so spiritual about being happy but you can't miss a day of it, because it doesn't last.

If everything is important, then nothing is.

What we are missing, utterly and completely, in this government is accountability.

Music is what I love to do, so you'll never have to worry about me not doing that.

I don't plan to grow old gracefully. I plan to have face-lifts until my ears meet.

Styles may change, details may come and go, but the broad demands of aesthetic judgement are permanent.

I want to be someone's everything. I want fire and passion, and love that's returned, equally. I want to be someone's heart.