I don't understand why the press is so interested in speculating about my appearance, anyway. What does my face have to do with my music or my dancing?

Love transcends international boundaries. It heals the wounds of racial hatred, prejudice, bigotry and ignorance.

I want to continue to grow. To me, the biggest sin of all sins, is to be given a gift, a talent, because it's actually a gift from God, to take that and not cultivate it and make it grow, that's the biggest sin in the world.

Children have taught me to always be forgiving.

Being on stage is magic. There's nothing like it. You feel the energy of everybody who's out there. You feel it all over your body. When the lights hit you, it's all over, I swear it is.

We must wave our banners even higher and belt out our voices even stronger and be unified as people. We're going to make it through this!

My mission is healing, pure and simple.