The arts have always been an important ingredient to the health of a nation, but we haven't gotten there yet.

I've always been involved in the visual arts and music.

As an athlete, my health has always been important to me.

Speech is a very important aspect of being human. A whisper doesn't cut it.

I had always been a free spirit and always gotten what I wanted.

And nothing embittered me, which is important, because I think ethnic people and women in this society can end up being embittered because of the lack of affirmative action, you know.