One of the most difficult times in my life was when I escaped from Romania in November of 1989.

I don't run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run toward it because the only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your feet.

I ended up in the US for a month or so, before moving to Montreal with some Romanian friends.

When you fall, leap to your feet and try again.

My marriage to my husband, Bart Conner in 1996 is my proudest personal moment.

Of course, I grew up in Communist Romania, but I am happy to say that now our country is democratic, and prospering, since the revolution in 1989.

Work hard for your goals and live in the moment.

Jump off the beam, flip off the bars follows your dreams, and reach for the stars

Romanians have a saying, 'Not every dog has a bagel on its tail.' It means that not all streets are paved with gold. When I began my career, I just wanted to do cartwheels.

I believe that you should gravitate to people who are doing productive and positive things with their lives.

Hard work has made it easy. That is my secret. That is why I win.

Never deviate from the right way and you will improve.

We are going to make mistakes no matter what, so it's better to be strong in faith despite our mistakes than weak in faith because of them.

However British you may be, I am more British still.

Economic growth and environmental protection are not at odds. They're opposite sides of the same coin if you're looking at longer-term prosperity.

You can't make everybody happy.

I've done so much songwriting and I know how to do it.

Our prisons are full of people who think they're Napoleon..or God.

I'm a bit of a perfectionist. I want to try it again and again, and a lot of times my fellow musicians have to hold me back and say, "Nah, I think we got it."

My client loved risk. Risk, I had learned, was a commodity in itself. Risk could be canned and sold like tomatoes.

A Christian, a Deist, a Turk, and a Jew, have equal rights: they are men and brethren.