Family is everything. Family comes first. It's not what I expected it to be, but nothing ever is.

It takes more strength to cry, admit defeat. I have truth on my side, you only have deceit.

If you're sure of who you are it doesn't really matter what people call you, does it?

People think that being famous is just about having your picture taken all the time and being rich rich rich, and you know what?... They're absolutely right.

I feel just as hungry today as I did the day I left home.

Catholicism is a really mean religion, and it's incredibly hypocritical. But it plays a role in my life 'cause you can't really get a lot of things out of your head, such as what Jesus Christ looks like and that divorce is a horrible thing.

When I first came to New York I was a dancer, and a French record label offered me a recording contract and I had to go to Paris to do it. So I went there and that's how I really got into the music business. But I didn't like what I was doing when I got there, so I left, and I never did a record there.