When I was six I entered a talent contest. I dyed my hair blond, had a chainsaw and pretended I was Eminem. The old folk weren't expecting that.

I'm definitely a morning person. I wake up dead happy, looking forward to having my cereal!

So long as I was pursuing my passion, I would always find courage. I would be restored. My history of silence didn’t have to be my future.

If not for him, I would never have become the man I am today. I ask that you not hold it against him. He meant well

...it was so rich and exotic I was seduced into taking one bite and then another as I tried to chase the flavors back to their source.

There is evil in the world, but it can be overcome through repentance ­and aspiration, and therein lies the true meaning and adventure of life.

I just hope I will be as good a mom to my child and, hopefully, children as my mom was to me.

It takes brains. It's not like a forward, where you can get away with scoring and not play defense. On defense you have to be thinking.

Find your passion, and it's no longer work.

There is no doubt our democracy can be very messy and America does remain a sharply divided country.

This fast life soon shatters, cause after all the lights and screams, nothing but my dreams matter.