I remember going to acting class, so certain that no one's ever going to know my name.

I never wash my hair the night before an event - I call it second day hair, and it holds better.

Nobody has any right to tell you what you aren't capable of. If you're meant to, you're able to. There is no such thing as impossible.

You're not only the spotlight in which you perform, but the shadows where you practice.

Every day is a reminder of what I need to do to be the best person; the best me.

You are yourself, and you've never been more beautiful!

Nobody has your eyes. They can look at the exact same thing & could never see what you see.

I was raised to volunteer: nursing homes, clinics, church nurseries, school, everywhere that could use help. It's such an intrinsic part of me, to use my life to help improve the quality of others.

To love is a brave thing. To be loved, braver still. But allowing yourself to love yourself? That takes the most courage of all.

I've got stories untold & maps to unfold, but everyday I get where I'm going

A real, healthy relationship is about empowerment and love and that should be standard - but it isn't.

Our wishes are endless.

The man with the most guns survives the zombie apocalypse, but the man with the most books, locks the door and forgets it ever happened.

The prayer of the chicken hawk does not get him the chicken.

I get up very early in the morning. I enjoy the quietness, the stillness, the rawness in the winter and fall. It's a special time.

That moment when the person actually dictates the way I do the portrait is when the intimacy arrives.

I had some great mentors as I was coming up and starting to sing so early - I've been singing since I was four.

I think many people are not seeing the change. They're really upset with the current situation. We haven't seen a major American city go up like this in quite some time.

...Man lives by affirmation even more than he does by bread.

Proud about my father? What am I most proud of? I think I'm proud of the legacy he left I think is what it is. He has left us so much.