This is truly a blessing. Breyon Prescott, Peter Edge and Tom Corson believe in me and have introduced me to a home that also believes and knows exactly what to do with the type of music I'm doing.

There's a lot of people out there who go through hard times, and they feel alone. They feel like nobody is there. But I'm in the same boat.

I'm very proud of myself because I have come so close to just giving up and I haven't done that.

Nothing can stop me from loving my brother.

Mom would kill me if I showed my navel.

Just staying true to yourself and staying true to your passion. Following your gut.

When you get a chance to step back, you notice all these great things you've done and all these great people that you've worked with.

I needed to explore my talent and versatility and see if I had another side to me, another sound.

My daughter is in love with Adele. She listens to her every day. To see someone with that much passion and soul move a 9-year-old is amazing and it's magical.

That's the beautiful part about acting - you get to play somebody other than yourself. So, I'm open to people who can't sing, people who can, people that sing a little bit, or people that sing a lot.

When you fall in love, you wanna share it with people but you know there are some things that you need to keep to yourself, 'cause privacy makes things last longer, I feel.

A hero is defined by what he or she can do, not by what he or she cannot do.

A nation that has no music and no fairytales is a tragedy.

The bottom line is this: Miers is a disappointing pick.

I just can't imagine not having something to do.

When a person gives, he loves the object of his giving more -- and so love is planted and grows.

We live in the kind of world where courage is the most essential of virtues; without courage, the other virtues are useless.

Wise anger is like fire from a flint: there is great ado to get it out; and when it does come, it is out again immediately.

If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing poorly first.

Dreams don't "come true". Dreams get "made true". You have the power to get up, execute and make beautiful results happen, day by valuable day.

One of the gifts one movie lover can give another is the title of a wonderful film they have not yet discovered