If you're asking yourself why I have this success and you don't, don't be angry with me-stop and ask yourself what your issues are that are holding you back.

I hope that when I'm 80 years old, people will still be talking about my wedding.

Whenever I’d try to talk myself out of going for a walk, and there were a few days like that, I’d take myself through a series of simple tasks so I would get up and go. 1. Get up. 2. Find your house keys. 3. Put on some shoes. 4. Grab your iPod. 5. Walk out the front door.

When you hear my music and you feel the emotion, it's real. When you see me in a film and you see a tear, it's real.

My focus has always been on talent over looks. This theme of people putting an emphasis on looks first has been a constant reminder throughout my life that most people don’t see things in the same way that I do.

My grandmother always taught me, 'If you don't have a home, family, and church, you don't have anything.

No matter how big the glam squad, or how dramatic the dress, sometimes things just don’t work out.