Words cut through my skin, tears roll down my chin

I'm an ocean, because I'm really deep. If you search deep enough you can find rare exotic treasures.

So, where's the Cannes Film Festival being held this year?

The female body is something that's so beautiful. I wish women would be proud of their bodies and not diss other women for being proud of theirs.

You can never be too perfect, too thin, too curvy. I'm very confident and happy with my body.

I am Ecuadorian but people felt so safe passing me off as a skinny, blue-eyed white girl.

I don't think there is such a thing as being too raunchy when it comes to the art form of burlesque.

There was no way in hell I was going to jeopardize my baby for my show.

Blues and soul and jazz music has so much pain, so much beauty of raw emotion and passion.

I love theatrics and have a huge imagination: Why would I want to sit onstage and sing a bunch of ballads back-to-back?

I remember watching the Grammys and looking at the performances and crying to my mom, saying how much I wanted to be there.

acing the difficulty, there are 2 types of people:1 - Damn it!2 - Challenge accepted!

You know, it is a little known fact that thinking is entirely overrated. The world would be a much better place if we all did a lot less of it.

No one is satisfied with his fortune or dissatisfied with his intellect.

I prefer to die standing than to live on my knees.

The performance of a lifetime is the perfect thing to be doing at this age because I can use the age.

Just sort of relax your mind and say yes, it does hurt, I know. Don't try and shut it out.

The most important thing is that there is clear reporting structure and everyone knows what it is.

How does anybody ever think of anything?

Few things are hidden from a quiet child with good eyesight.

Nice friendship is like the breathing air, you will never see it but you will always feel its presence.