Look at 'American Idol,' which I don't look at. Those winners haven't become household names except for Jennifer Hudson, and she was a reject. You can't aim to be a household name. You just have to be successful.

I know what it is like to be brought up with unconditional love. In my life that came from my grandmother.

It's always great to have things from France at a wedding. It's symbolic of style, of culture, of taste.

Money isn't everything, but it is when you start thinking about putting money away for your retirement days.

Like Hillary Clinton before her, Mrs. Obama has always been a working woman. She is a lawyer turned hospital administrator turned political right hand. It is a unique resume.

In my day you didn't speak until spoken to.

People have always been fascinated by people in the public eye and what they wear, what they are doing, but not in a tabloid way. Tabloid celebrities are a turnoff. A lot of celebrities...you wonder why they are celebrities.