I still have my eyes on the prize: I want to be that old lady onstage shaking her hips and singing her greatest hits.

I'm an ocean, because I'm really deep. If you search deep enough you can find rare exotic treasures.

So, where's the Cannes Film Festival being held this year?

The female body is something that's so beautiful. I wish women would be proud of their bodies and not diss other women for being proud of theirs.

You can never be too perfect, too thin, too curvy. I'm very confident and happy with my body.

I am Ecuadorian but people felt so safe passing me off as a skinny, blue-eyed white girl.

I don't think there is such a thing as being too raunchy when it comes to the art form of burlesque.

There was no way in hell I was going to jeopardize my baby for my show.

Blues and soul and jazz music has so much pain, so much beauty of raw emotion and passion.

I love theatrics and have a huge imagination: Why would I want to sit onstage and sing a bunch of ballads back-to-back?

I remember watching the Grammys and looking at the performances and crying to my mom, saying how much I wanted to be there.

As I sat up I turned my head to the side, but immediately straightened it again when I felt a sharp pain shoot through my neck.

Feathers fell from the sky. Like black snow, they drifted onto an old city called Bath.

That brain of mine is something more than merely mortal; as time will show.

The river Trent is lovely, I know because I have walked on it for 18 years.

Forgiveness in the heart comes about when the walls of separation in the mind fall.

Eating wholesome foods and getting plenty of sleep is crucial for me.

Marti wasn't the type to give up without a fight, especially not if she was very afraid - some people are like that. They lean into the fear.

The most powerful leadership tool you have is your personal example.

There is no such thing as collective guilt.

It's like this: The time between having an idea and its public launch is measured in days not months, weeks not years.