"For me, healthy eating and exercising is something I work on constantly. I'm not the most disciplined dieter. I try to eat a lot of fruit and vegetables but sometimes late at night I tend to have fast-food meals - and that's where I get myself into trouble! So I'm not in the best shape I could be, but I'm still healthy and comfy."

"Wearing nice lingerie makes me feel really glamorous. I love to splurge on that."

"There were periods of my life when a lot of people didn't believe in me. I still had faith in myself. I really had to ask myself life questions. Where do I see myself in five years? Create a ladder for yourself, and walk up the steps. Climb that ladder."

"It's cool to express myself, but I've had to learn that doing interviews isn't completely therapy - spilling everything about yourself isn't healthy all the time. But I've been through things that have made me a stronger person, and if I can help some people, I will."

"Beauty in art is the harmony of spirit, intellect, and craft. Remember this in moments of decisive trial — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Sometimes with pop music, you have to see it to love it. With soul music, it's sparse. There's nothing that's pretentious or planned. It's just so gutsy."

"It is only an auctioneer who can equally and impartially admire all schools of art."

"A visionary sees the unseen and knows the silence between the notes creates the music."