Success definitely brings on loneliness. People think you're lucky, that you have everything. They think you can go anywhere and do anything, but that's not the point. One hungers for the basic stuff.

Tenderoni, you've got to be.

I love the fans and they are the reason for my professional existence. When I'm out there doing a show and I see the fans dancing and singing, that's what I love the most. It's just the greatest feeling in the world.

I'm willing to forgive the press, or forgive anybody, I was taught to love and forgive, which I do have in my heart.

You can always dream, and your dreams can come true. But you have to make them come true

People who grew up as child stars have the same thing in common. You're cute, they love you; you go through the awkward stage, they don't accept you any more. Very few make the transition to adult star.

It's been my fate to compensate for the childhood I've never known.