Whatever your personal political feelings are, if you become involved in them publicly you're bound to come out the loser.

Please ignore rumors! I've had them for years and you have to just let them go over your head. Don't take them personally.

I have a nine handicap in golf - I can always find time for a round - and I'm on my treadmill and cross-trainer every day.

As a writer, as a creator, I'm giving you my experiences. But just take what I give you. You ain't got to pry beyond that.

For nobody else, gave me thrill-with all your faults, I love you still. It had to be you, wonderful you, it had to be you.

I'm not the type to lay out on the beach, but I do love to work out outside, and that can really take a toll on your skin!

I loved making Pure Country. It was a great learning experience for me, seeing another part of the entertainment industry.

My son had toyed with the idea of writing and trying to write a little bit, so that kind of gave me the bug to write also.

I am not a diva: I am a Jones. 'Diva' is so overused. Diva, icons, the whole thing, legends... To be a diva, what is that?

You don't do oysters and red wine together. That's a no-no; you just don't do that. I love a nice white wine with oysters.

Although slavery may have been abolished, the crippling poison of racism still persists, and the struggle still continues.

All I can do is worry about me and my family. I don't really worry about anybody else, they have to do what works for them

I'm just achieving goals left, right and centre, and I just feel incredibly lucky because I never thought it would happen.

The third-date rule [that you need to have sex by the third date] treats sex like it's the down payment on a relationship.

Work Hard, Enjoy what you do and be good to other human beings, we all equal, Being a good persons whats make you special.

I'm very blessed and appreciative of everything that's happened, and I'm just working hard for more opportunities to come.

[...] My wild words slip into fusion and risk losing the solid ground. So stranger, get wilder still. Probe the highlands.

Heels are really hard to wear. I feel bad for every girl that has to wear heels or chooses to wear heels. They're not fun.

I went through a really low period about 13 years ago, when all aspects of my career and everything went completely wrong.

Genetically, I'm pure Greek. Psychologically, environmentally, culturally, by choice, I'm a member of the black community.

Art is feminine... Look, if you're handsome and young and beautiful, well, people are always going to say that you're gay.

I want to declare to you today: Jesus died to make you holy. It is possible for you to live a life without bondage to sin.

Since I have been singing for so many years, I don't always need to approach a song quite so laboriously and meticulously.

You will have the highest of highs and the lowest of lows, just remember to always handle yourself with grace and dignity.

You get such a kick and then it's all over. That's good ground for uncertainty and depression. I usually burst into tears.

I was raised really religious, and it's a big part of my life. No matter what I go through, my faith will always be there.

I'm actually a huge fan of changing every single 'anti-Trump' sentiment to 'pro-human rights' because they are synonymous.

Entertaining and being onstage is such a rush; it's amazing... and I just hope that it can last, and last for a long time.

Well, you know I grew up wanting to be a Clemson Tiger and I ended up being able to play there and I went to school there.

I've always believed in staying in a positive frame of mind and allowing God to work and move. It's about having patience.

What my true addiction is is reading. I love to read. If I'd get too loaded, I couldn't remember the sentence I just read.

From my dad I learned to be good to people, to always be honest and straightforward. I learned hard work and perseverance.

To me, feeling good about yourself as you get older is all about your attitude - if you think you're old, you'll feel old.

I'm going to try to do music for the rest of my life, but that's just trying. Maybe it's not going to work out. Who knows?

A song is a song and, if I am emotionally connected to do it, whether it is sad or not sad, I am going to chase that song.

I think that in school I was really shy. And even today when people meet me they are shock to see just how not-crazy I am.

Falling in love with somebody is like a rush of heroin, and trying to break up with somebodyis like trying to kick heroin.

I would get in fights a lot. My voice was so heavy, kids would say you sound like a boy, so I would start beating them up.

I believe that music is a force in itself. It is there and it needs an outlet, a medium. In a way, we are just the medium.

I listen to a lot of music. But I definitely haven't looked at an artist and like thought I want to have a song like this.

A team that is always fun with witty sense of humor. We help each other around a lot and help push each other to be better

I'm not blaming my mom for my life because I am responsible for me, and nobody can change me or ruin me easier than I can.

If given a choice, I would have certainly selected to be what I am: one of the oppressed instead of one of the oppressors.

I started dancing when I was about four, and my mother put me into dancing school, and I did every type of dance there is.

The Apollo Theatre was a difficult audience, and if they didn't like you, they would let you know. Luckily, they liked me.

I didn't go looking to Colombia for a dream - if I tell you that, I'm lying. I went to Colombia because I needed the work!

I sing 'All Apologies' with my own lyrics. People want to sing along, but then, oops, they realize it's a different story.

I want to shake people up so bad, that when they leave a nightclub where I've performed, I just want them to be to pieces.

To 'be loved' is the most basic of human needs. Like a flower, it waters the human soul. But 'to love' is a true blessing.

I'm having surgery today to have my face cleaned up. But it will take some fancy stitching to make me all beautiful again!

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