When it comes to the acting stuff, I like to show up for a couple days and kind of be outrageous and silly, and go back to my day job.

There's no half-singing in the shower, you're either a rock star or an opera diva.

Every day I lugged my backpack through the halls, waiting for the final bell. Then I'd race home and hole up in my room, playing the drums and the piano, composing music.

I know that life is a journey I must accept and that pain and confusion are temporary. I know that if I follow my heart, it will lead me where I belong.

If there is one thing that is constant in this world, it is the power of music.

Let me fall. Let me climb. There's a moment where fear and dream must collide.

When I feel confused or depressed, I remember back to junior high and I silently repeat, 'This, too, shall pass.'

Fly me up to where you are beyond the distant star. I wish upon tonight to see you smile, if only for a while to know you're there. A breath away's not far to where you are.

Music is what I always turn to when I'm feeling a certain way. It's my reason for everything.

I try to have a real close connection with my fans. That's extremely important. They are the ones that have been there from the beginning and proved everyone else wrong.

No matter who we are, no matter what our circumstances, our feelings and emotions are universal.

Perhaps in nearly every joy, as certainly in every pleasure, cruelty has its place.

You make your own rules and then break one, that's really horrible.

Well is it known that ambition can creep as well as soar.

Better is the enemy of good.

Programs like food stamps, unemployment insurance, Medicaid, and job retraining help Americans get back on their feet when they are down and out and laid off through no fault of their own.

You thought I was writing The Truth? Honey, I don't even know what The Truth means.

The truth is I don't regret it. It was the right decision [not run for president] for my family, and the right decision for me.

Exercise is an incredible key to feeling well.

I sometimes get tired because I can seldom read a book for pleasure. I'm like the play reviewer who happens to go to a play on an off day and can't help but view it critically.

When companies get bigger they try to replicate their success. But they assume their magic came from process. They try to use processes to substitute content.