My mother always wanted to be in show business, but her parents discouraged her. So when I started performing for the mirror she enrolled me in dancing, singing and piano lessons.

The music industry had virtually blacklisted me.

I am very intense. I can't help it. That's the way I am. You can't be in this business without being intense. The pressure and tension get to you; it can't help but show on you.

I'm a woman with a mission. I've learned to believe in myself, my vision and to do things the way I want them done.

All of a sudden, I was hearing stories about how difficult I was to work with, ridiculous rumors about drugs and what a diva I was. I never had to go to rehab or a program.

Cara is not my real name, and I'm not going to tell you what it is. Only because I do live in New York and enough people already know who my parents are.

I play piano and write better than I can sing.

I've had my bubblegum years and I did them well. Now it's time to come back as the woman, artist, and musician that I am without apologizing.

I liked performing, but not the struggle.

I'll never be that trusting again, believing accountants and lawyers have my best interests at heart.

Life has a balance and natural order. I'm not fighting the flow anymore. My career right now is very up. It's happening naturally and it's happening well.

Sometimes humans just don't listen, they ‘take’ to fill a space that’s missin’!Deetkatu, See the Little People…An Enchanting Adventure

You got this. Make it happen.

If women built the bridges or were meant to build the bridges, then they would have done it.

One who kill, own life will be shortened; One who harms, will be injured even more

I cursed myself not only for forgetting to turn my phone off but for ever thinking that having a rock music ringtone was cool.

Violence is the sign of temporary weakness.

Obama did inherit a deficit when he came into office. Why this fact justifies racking up vastly more debt and bigger deficits is a logical mystery.

I really believe in trying to increase the amount of useful information in the world and in being accurate in the sense that you can take what I say to the bank, even if you disagree with me.

They're 12 percent of the population. Who the hell cares?

A pound of Alaskan king crab legs and buffalo shrimp = happy Travie.