I want to be around for a long time, singing and making albums and movies.

Going jogging makes me feel powerful and free - like Rocky!

The only way you can sustain a permanent change is to create a new way of thinking, acting, and being.

Chocolate is what I love. I have it every day.

Sometimes God makes better choices for us than we could have ever made for ourselves.

Don't block your blessings. Don't let doubt stop you from getting where you want to be.

You have to accept the plan and realize that if you slip, and you might, you can’t use that as a reason to give up or stop.

If it’s meant for me, it will be.' Those words are my mantra in life, and it has never let me down.

God uses people to help others. I only pray my faith is strong enough to get me through what I have to face.

Loving yourself means caring enough to make the hard decisions in your life.

I hope that when I'm 80 years old, people will still be talking about my wedding.

I'd rather die on my own terms than live on theirs. I'd rather die loving Alex than live without him.

The fight of faith can only be won with the grace of God.

My soul is crushed under the weight of tears I can’t spill.

Virtue is like a rich stone best plain set.

I look at Jerusalem as being a beacon for the three monotheistic religions.

I am made of God, through his Grace. Such that your misery touches me not, Nor does flame of that burning assail me.

There is an ancient script that says, 'He that wishes to be ignorant, let him be ignorant.' But I took off the last word and it now reads for me like this: He that wishes to be ignorant, let him be!

My mother, I want her to like my music, but she's not exactly my target audience. So I care more about the fans in general, just making sure they enjoy what I do.

Mr. President I am here to tell you we are not buying what you are selling in 2012.

Laughter is pleasant, but the exertion at my age is too much for me.