The Berlin Wall go down, that was the most wonderful thing that could happen, absolutely. I celebrated with everybody in Berlin that day when the Wall was down.

For my convalescence, I had to exercise my voice only with vowels. It is a medical rule after a long loss of voice.

I do believe that if you haven't learnt about sadness, you cannot appreciate happiness.

I have been so lucky to receive so much love from those who enjoy my music, that I feel I have to give as much of it as I can back to children.

When I was very young I was the ugly duckling. I had a lot of complexes. My sister was wonderful and I was nothing.

When you want something very dearly, you make the time.

One of the most wonderful memories in my life was when I sang at the Opera House in Sydney. I will never forget that. It is one of the most beautiful Houses I have ever sung in my life.

When I started to work with UNICEF, it was a new way of giving some love and care to the world.

UNICEF has made the most rewarding thing that I have ever done in my life.

It's nice to look good, but the most important thing is to be you.

I think sometimes you are born with a song.

It is poetic and lyrical

After twelve years of therapy my psychiatrist said something that brought tears to my eyes. He said "No bablo ingles."

Things are coming to a pretty pass when religion is allowed to invade private life.

I think the government should be out of the marriage business and leave marriage to the churches.

I'd like to do a romantic comedy like 'Notting Hill, ' which is one of my favorite movies.

I really like triples. You hardly ever see me stop at second. My goal is third and that's where I'm headed.

The very impossibility which I find to prove that God is not, discovers to me his existence.

I try to bring my mascara everywhere because I'm a blonde and you know blondes have really light eyelashes, you always wanna put more and more on 'til they look like spiders, that's just what I do.

I focused more on sharing my gift and performing than worrying about it being a competition.

Once the song is done and recorded, I like to go back and then cut the drums, because then I know exactly what the song needs, and what it doesn't need.