At the current pace of change, we won't have universal access to education in 100 years, let alone five, and that is unacceptable.

In tough economic times, we have to make every dollar count, and studies have shown a return of up to $17 for every dollar invested in early childhood.

The music, of course, is important, but it's the energy that I bring to it that I think the public appreciate the most.

People think I like to expose my body. But I don't. It's just because the dance moves require it.

I'm like a mosquito, I love humidity. I don't sweat.

They just want to continue playing their little game of power. And I feel that us people have the responsibility and also the obligation to demand to our leaders to give us the pacifist solutions. To give us a world in peace.

The first years of a child's life are too important for a child's future - their development, earnings, behavior, and health - for anyone to ignore.