I don't know if it is a spiritual, physiological or psychological phenomenon, but I believe now more than ever that singing is a universal, built-in mechanism designed to cultivate empathy and compassion.

I don't know if I believe in luck. I think I'm very fortunate.

I believe in me more than anything in this world.

There is no job more important than parenting. This I believe.

I've said this before, but I believe more than ever that confidence is sexier than any body part.

I do not believe in a universal religion any more than I believe in a universal language. My feeling is that people have to make their own religion as they have to make their arts and their parishes, and that they must find their own salvation; the salvation mongers are of not much avail.