Money is like the tide: It rolls in and it rolls out. If you clutch it, you are not going to keep it.

I know the struggles of poor people, and have always kept that with me.

I have a tendency to be awfully big-hearted and it's very hard for me to say no, even when I need to.

Paradise is a state of mind.

Music is my personal addiction. So much of everything I've done has only been to open more doors for the music itself. It all gets back to the fact that I am, first of all, a songwriter and a singer.

A lot of dreams can turn to nightmares... if you don't really work them.

I always wanted to be loved.