The great thing about really heightened historical dramas is that they can convey much larger themes.

Music excites me, inspires me, fuels me! I listen to music every single day.

Surround yourself with good people that keep you grounded, work hard, and be patient.

I want to be remembered as someone who tried their best and hopefully succeeded.

Even bad decisions usually result in good lessons learned.

When I look in the mirror, I see a work in progress.

I think training is helpful, but so is living a well-rounded life full of different experiences.

I learned how to be a woman and a good person just by watching and observing my mother.

When the sun is shining, the right song is on, and I'm with people I love.

The best decision I ever made was to invest in myself, both financially and time-wise.

My repertoire is small, but I can make a pretty tasty pasta sauce from scratch.

If you truly want to be respected by people you love, you must prove to them that you can survive without them.

Your life is up to you, You only be what you want to be

He was the one she was doing all this for, but sometimes she missed him so much it felt like she swallowed broken glass.

I was looking for the opposite, really -something that might put an end to being in love

I've always been heavily engaged with my fans on the internet from day one. That connection's one of the reasons why I've been able to enjoy such longevity in my career.

Radio stinks. The stations are making a lot of money, but they just aren't taking chances.

I like gardening. I'm really a nature man. I spend as much time as I can in nature. I feel really safe there.

Suffered from alienation,carried the weight on my own,had to be so strong,so I believed,and now I know I've succeeded,in finding the place I conceived.

As my great friend Aristotle said, 'If you cannot command, you must learn to listen.' I'm not the hierarchy here. I am a worker bee.

The squeaking wheel doesn't always get the grease. Sometimes it gets replaced.