I think it's healthy for a person to be nervous. It means you care - that you work hard and want to give a great performance. You just have to channel that nervous energy into the show.

Do what you were born to do. You just have to trust yourself.

You have to feel fortunate to be one of the people whom parents don't mind their children looking up to. The older I get, the more I think about the amount of influence I have on these young girls, and it's scary sometimes. But I also understand how lucky I am to have that.

I'm no longer afraid of conflict, and I don't think conflict is a bad thing.

I went to a high school for the performing arts and I lived and breathed music. It kept me focused; it kept me sane.

We have to teach our boys the rules of equality and respect, so that as they grow up gender equality becomes a natural way of life. And we have to teach our girls that they can reach as high as humanly possible.

Baby it's you. You're the one I love. You're the one I need. You're the only one I see.