I've always had a fighter's spark in me. I was born with it. I think it's in my blood.

It’s important to be fearless yet vulnerable. It takes courage to do both.

I think shoulders are sexier than cleavage.

If believing in yourself and going after what you want in life and realising your worth is ruthless and selfish, then I'm definitely ruthless and selfish.

I don't really believe in diets. I love food... If I deprive myself, I'm going to want it more. I snack on yogurt, raw cashews and cherry tomatoes.

Confidence comes with maturity, being more accepting of yourself.

Girl power is about loving yourself and having confidence and strength from within, so even if you’re not wearing a sexy outfit, you feel sexy.

When I go onstage, I kind of turn into a beast sometimes, this alter-ego, you know.

It takes time to really understand your body shape and it's taken me years to know what I can and can't pull off.

Once you stay true to just having a good time and being honest to your fans and your audience, you can't go wrong.

I love the studio. It's my place to escape and to create and to try anything.

Let go of the heavy pains of yesterday and you will feel lighter to float on top with your values. Arise and float!

Sometimes I feel like I’m not solid. I’m hollow. There’s nothing behind my eyes. I’m a negative of a person. All I want is blackness, blackness and silence.

The framers of the constitution knew human nature as well as we do. They too had lived in dangerous days

When life gives you something that makes you feel afraid, that's when life gives you a chance to be brave.

Seems like God don't see fit to give the black man nothing but dreams - but He did give us children to make them dreams seem worthwhile.

After graduation, I was floundering in L.A., doing stand-up comedy and working in a shoe store in the Valley.

This trophy is so special in the world of tennis and it feels great.

It's hard to beat a person that never gives up.

I know a good many people, I think, who are bigots, and who know they are bigots, and are sorry for it, but they dare not be anything else.

Walt Kelly was much more interested in allegory and politics, and I'm much more interested in metaphors and myth.