In the music industry, you are in competition with everyone.

I have ambitions to do a Broadway record one of these days and get in the studio with like, a real orchestra. I'm a big musical theatre geek.

I want to be in New York. It's the place to be.

A smile is so sexy, yet so warm. When someone genuinely smiles at you, it's the greatest feeling in the world.

I believe we all share a responsibility to build a healthier, more just and prosperous world.

I do think it's possible to change for the better.

I grew up on Nintendo. Mario was my best friend. I can't wait to get inside and play Nintendo GameCube.

I've never been engaged. I definitely believe in the institution of marriage.

I like being friends with other women who are supportive of women. I think that is important.

I'm slightly controlling. I'm an Aries and I like things to have an order. I get slightly disturbed and I get slightly distressed and flustered if things go awry.

Hope is the most exciting thing there is in life.

I have seem even those who have long since abjured God die in grace. . . . Atheists don't use their drying to bargain for a better seat at the table

I guess I just always had this idea that I would go to Hollywood. I had the typical 'get up and go' attitude that you have to have in order to make the brave step into the big city.

I quit my job in the bank when I was 19. I took a chance. I went to Milan to study opera and singing. My father really supported me economically.

I would argue that practices that destroy ecosystems always destroy jobs.

So, when you have that experienced knowledge you lose the ability to hurt people and you also lose the ability to be hurt by people. That's love.

You cannot antagonize and influence at the same time.

I zipped myself all the way into the sleeping bag of myself, not because I was hurt, and not because I had broken something, but because they were cracking up.

I've never dyed my hair or even gotten highlights. All the products I need for my hair are at the drugstore!

But, I nearly forgot, you must close your eyes otherwise you won't see anything.

As I like to say, take the shot, even if your knees are shaking.