I started singing at the Met when I was seven, and the competition was so fierce that it really prepared me.

Everyone messes up in relationships and has peaks and valleys in their personal lives. When I realized it wasn't the end of the world and I would keep on standing, I knew it was going to be OK.

I think we're all a lot more like our parents than we want to admit.

When something looks too good to be true, it usually is.

It's the best feeling when you wake up and it's warm and cozy, and you don't have to go to work.

I don't really live my life in the media spotlight. People don't know that much really about me or what I think.

I've never had siblings, I didn't grow up in a big family; it was just me and my single mom. And hectic family dysfunction was actually something that I craved.

Being yourself is one of the hardest thing because it's scary you always wonder whether you'll be accepted for who you really are.

I think of Gisele Bundchen to get myself on the treadmill

We like it to be realistic but not real, but I wear something I call the 'vag pad,' it's kind of a little triangular panty liner that you stick to you.

I suppose that it doesn't matter whether a song is written or sung by a man or a woman. If the sentiment is there, it captures the audience.

I wonder if there isn't a catch about having plenty of money? Does it eventually take the pleasure out of things?

Not writing is never an option. This is not words of advice. It's just literally never an option!

The church is in turmoil today. The church is not to reflect the world but to be a portrait of Jesus Christ.

We are responsible for the world in which we find ourselves, if only because we are the only sentient force which can change it.

It doesn't matter who wins if I don't. I only care if I win. I'm jealous of anyone else who wins.

I'm only interested in winning ball games and I can't be worrying about whether the sun's out or the moon's out.

Tragedy is the highest form of art.

She eyes me like a pisces.

And it was pretty clear that no prince was showing up, or at least that he was really late.