The first concert I attended was an Elvis concert when I was eleven. Even at that age he made me realize the tremendous effect a performer could have on an audience.

You make good coffee . . . You're a slob, but you make good coffee.

Hate crimes are the scariest thing in the world because these people really believe what they're doing is right.

Singing is like going to a party at someone else's house. Acting is like having the party at your own house.

I'm scared to death of being poor. It's like a fat girl who loses 500 pounds but is always fat inside. I grew up poor and will always feel poor inside. It's my pet paranoia.

I am the girl who everyone said was never going anywhere. I guess I shocked a few people.

When you stop trying to find the right man and start becoming the right woman, the right man will find his way to you.