I was classically trained in operetta from about age 4, I think.

My family was very encouraging, and both of my grandparents were both beautiful singers. My grandmother was a coloratura soprano, and my grandfather was an Irish tenor in a barbershop quartet.

When people are grieving, it's kind of like a storm, and you need something to grab onto, but often you have to brave it on your own.

I always loved bluegrass, but there was so much I didn't know about American country music in respect to the origins of this country. It was interesting to see the evolution of it.

As an actor, I function from a place of compassion and empathy - you have to believe 100 percent what your character is doing, because otherwise it will look like it's not real.

My parents listened to music in our house all the time when we were growing up. It was everything from Dolly Parton to Paul Simon... We packed in everything.

Music's always been a big part of my life, but it kind of all happened in one big ball of storytelling rather than splitting acting and singing apart.

Motherhood isn't just about making babies, it's about making lives and molding destinies.

Nuestra expectativa debe de ser mayor en nosotros mismos que en las demás personas.

The surest way to damage society is to call for a "great man" to lead it. The surest way to improve society is to become a great man to lead oneself and convince others to do likewise.

I will never understand why you Humans weren’t designed to recycle your body’s water after filtering waste. It’s just so much more efficient.

What are we artists for? We are for showing you what you've wandered for to find the home of your spirit...

Optimism is a belief and I adapt belief as a way of life.

I'm never getting a tattoo. My secrets are etched safely on the inside and I intend to keep them there.

I have never seen a heavyweight champion apologize for a knockout

I am not indifferent to the appreciation of kind people. [The voters were] extremely kind in naming me the world's top public intellectual, a title to which I can never see myself as entitled.

The paintings usually start as abstracts and then I look at them and look at them, and like a Rorschach test, I try and see what it is.