To not sing with an orchestra, to not be able to communicate through my voice, which I've done all my life, and not to be able to phrase lyrics and give people that kind of joy, I think I would be totally devastated.

Small children do not belong at an adult party, and especially should not be used like trained midgets to help serve martinis.

It would be nice to feel that we are a better world, a world of more compassion and a world of more humanity, and to believe in the basic goodness of man.

To feel valued, to know, even if only once in a while, that you can do a job well is an absolutely marvelous feeling.

Mr. President, Mrs. Obama. There is a photograph of you [hugging] that went viral, became the most shared photograph in the history of Twitter. How do you keep the fire going?

Après ski is my favorite sport.

Most of us have trouble juggling. The woman who says she doesn't is someone whom I admire but have never met.