I still need Marines who can shoot and salute. But I need Marines who can fix jet engines and man sophisticated radar sets, as well.

Praying is a realm of possibilities.

I had walked all over the fragile bloom of his heart like a Boadicea in Blahniks

I'm a person that's grounded in faith and believe that my core values, motivation, inspiration, draw from a conception of the world in that way.

Then you will be the one others envy, and you can remember the pain and reach out to them.

I think that freshness and that innocence is something that is missing from a lot of female singers. I'm certainly not denying that I'm young, but I'm not fluff.

Be a river - not a reservoir.

I don't think nations can stand aside for ethnic cleansing and genocide.

There is another interesting paradox here: by immersing ourselves in what we love, we find ourselves. We do not lose ourselves. One does not lose one's identity by falling in love.

You have to digest life. You have to chew it up and love it all through.

I don't think you make a choice to be an artist. There was no decision for me. I've been expressing myself this way since I can remember.