I think with all of us, sometimes we're afraid to recognize that we're here.

I've lived a phenomenal life, and there's more life in me, but I'm here, I'm not yesterday, but all those yesterday's brought me here. So I'm very comfortable with that.

I don't come from a musical family and didn't go to Julliard or anything, but I had this kind of vision of stuff that was so powerful that I just needed to find it. I have no regrets.

I have no regrets. I have not one single regret. I was born with a wonderful DNA where I felt that my life was not a race against someone else or another artist. It was probably internal.

With Kevin [Drew], as I said, in his own way just told me "You gotta find that person that talks to you in your songs." I think we succeeded. I feel relief, to be quite honest with you.

If you look at my history, I'm not gonna let that many people into whatever I'm going through.

Losing your job releases you from the contract of giving a piece of your life daily

I do not stick to rules when cooking. I rely on my imagination.

I kiss the soil as if I placed a kiss on the hands of a mother, for the homeland is our earthly mother. I consider it my duty to be with my compatriots in this sublime and difficult moment.

I hope to go into a poem sober and come out a little drunk. And if I do then that's a real poem.

Italian husbands, in order to buy their wives a fur coat, spend more than all their European collegues.

Respect is intended to operate on a two-way street.

Humans have the remarkable ability to get exactly what they must have. But there is a difference between a 'must' and 'want'.

People are even more wary of politicians and they are realizing that democracy isn't just about putting a cross on a ballot every four years, it's about deciding what you want and fighting for it.

There's nothing that can't be done if we raise our voice as one.

Instead of creating a reason why you cannot love the world, try to create a reason why you should and must love the world.