I urge people to learn from the mistakes of others. Please drink responsibly and it's never acceptable to drink and drive!

Remember, people only rain on your parade because they're jealous of your sun and tired of their shade.

If I don't like something that's going on in my life, I change it. And I don't sit and complain about it for a year.

I've made mistakes in my life for sure.

Embrace your curves and who you are. I feel proud if young girls look up to me and say, "I'm curvy, and I'm proud of it now".

I'm not trying to influence anyone else; I'm not saying, "Do what I do." I think it's a little pretentious to say, "I'm a role model"; I would never say that, and I don't think of myself that way.

I love when people underestimate me and then become pleasantly surprised.

It's time to recognise the Armenian Genocide.

Take and chance and don't ever look back. Never have regrets, just lessons learned.

I love the sun but don't have the time to get a good tan and keep it year-round, so I am a huge fan of tanning products.

I think I'll always be a hopeless romantic.

The warrior of the night knows the sacredness of warfare.

The patience and ability to work through a long series of steps - to figure things out - is a foundation for the child's creative life later on.

The easiest way to save money is to waste less energy.

I hate the idea of repeating myself. I need new perspectives and challenges for each project, and I'm very happy that many people are able to follow me without any problem.

It might sound dramatic and a little grandiose, but as a Latina, I would like to be someone that gives a voice to my culture.

As you get older, challenges arise that you aren't prepared for, but what got me through it was music.

I know what I want at least, and the older I get I think I'm better at getting it out of players and singers.

Traveling is a fool's paradise. Our first journeys discover to us the indifference of places.

Happiness is open to all, since, when you boil it down, it merely consists of contentment with what you have got and doing what you can for other people.