To sing is to bring to life; impossible if the words are mediocre, however good the music.

When you reach the top, you should remember to send the elevator back down for the others.

I was hungry. I was cold. But I was also free. Free not to get up in the morning, not to go to bed at night, free to get drunk if I liked, to dream... to hope.

As far as I'm concerned, love means fighting, big fat lies, and a couple of slaps across the face.

When he takes me in his arms, and speaks to me softly, I see the world through rose-colored glasses.

Use your faults, use your defects; then you're going to be a star.

I want to make people cry even when they don't understand my words.

Don't care what people say. Don't give a damn about their laws.

My conservatory is in the streets. My intelligence is instinct.

All I've done all my life is disobey.

Performers and their public should never meet. Once the curtain comes down, the performer should fly away like a magician's dove.

Buy not what you want but what you have need of what you do not want is dear at a farthing.

Work is the price which is paid for reputation.

Money is the anthem, of succes, so put on your mascara and your party dress

Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand-break on.

A single moment of love is equal to the whole eternity of love.

Once you realize that will power is just a matter of learning how to control your attention and thoughts, you can really begin to increase it.

Modesty isn't always a virtue; it can be a hindrance; a careful measure of personal pride builds confidence and ensures success.

Hitler was undoubtedly a genius but he lacked self-control. He recognized no limits. Otherwise the thousand-year Reich would have lasted more than twelve years.

Remorse is virtue's root; its fair increase is fruits of innocence and blessedness.