It's nerve-wracking singing in front of people. I think that's why most people get drunk for karaoke.

The business is all about gush and hype. You never have a bad meeting in L.A.

I used to look like a deer in headlights on the red carpet. You step out of the car and it's bedlam. Everyone's got crazy eyes.

I appreciate a slow-burn romance. In most movies, everyone is just tearing their clothes off in the first scene.

When you're in love, you're so happy that you want to tell people about it. But now I have to censor myself. You need to protect the happiness you have.

The more we mask ourselves, the freer we're able to be within ourselves.

I love ambiguity. People are that way. People are very hard to work out. No one is just strong or just fragile, or anything like that.

People quit on jobs. They quit on marriages. They quit on school. There's an immediacy of this day and age that doesn't lend itself to being committed to anything.

There is absolutely, 100 percent, a light at the end of the tunnel for anyone who stutters.

I've always been quite a spontaneous person, so I would lean more towards, if you feel it and you know its right, then do it.

Things happen in the way they usually should. I'm a pretty fatalistic person.

When you give, you will be blessed. When you give, it will be given back to you.

Contrary to popular belief, there are lots of actions on the part of Jefferson and Hemings that "speak" about the basic nature of their relationship.

This We Know. All Things Are Connected

Alas, criticism has always been what human beings, especially leaders, most hate to hear.

I want to know why this is such a part of me. I want to know why this thing that happened to other people has happened so much to me. I keep looking for the lesson.

Not everything comes together in the best way ever every day. It just doesn't.

I love him who justifieth the future ones, and redeemeth the past ones: for he is willing to succumb through the present ones.

The impact of armed conflict on children is everyone's responsibility. And it must be everyone's concern.

There's a lot of people scared of me, and I can't blame them. They call me crazy so much I think I'm starting to believe them.

At times I make music, but in private.