I respect Jay-Z. I like him.

I've lived a life that's full, I traveled each and ev'ry highway, And more, much more than this, I did it my way.

I've always believed that if you don't stay moving, they will throw dirt on you.

As long as you're growing in your profession and you're respected, you're going to stay as clean as you can, because you've got something that you love that you don't want to lose.

The thing is to be able to outlast the trends.

I had this talent for these stupid little teenage songs. I just couldn't get anyone to sing my songs, so I had to sing my own tunes.

There were times, I'm sure you knew, when I bit off more than I could chew. But through it all, when there was doubt, I ate it up and spit it out.

Canada is a good country to be from. It has a gentler slower pace - it lends perspective.

For what is a man, what has he got? If not himself, then he has naught. To say the things he truly feels, and not the words of one who kneels.

I had this talent for these stupid little teenage songs.

Regrets, I've had a few but then again too few to mention. And more, much more than this, I did it my way.

I am giving birth. I am midwife to myself. Now is a new life full of possibilities. I must be strong like a child.

if only people stopped acting like they've been asked to donate a lung every time somebody asks for something the world would be a better place

The power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself.

It is only in times of great and grievous dullness that the believer regards prayer as a duty, and not as a privilege.

It is barely conceivable that there are people who like war.

When I was younger, the people making the sacrifice were my parents. It's not a cheap sport. Luckily, I had parents who made a lot of life sacrifices so I could continue in gymnastics.

The future interests me - I'm going to spend the rest of my life there.

I never had a penny to my name, so I changed my name.

My biggest achievement is that I can make a lot of people smile just by my presence, even if it's a Lux ad.

I want to play a strong, kickass girl in heels. I'm better in heels. I can run faster in them than in flats.