“It’s hard to say what I want my legacy to be when I’m long gone.”

My parents just tell me, ‘If you know what you want, you should stay determined and go for it. You can do anything.’

You have to enjoy your job; you should wake up every day and love what you do… I honestly do… From the bottom of my heart to the depths of my soul. I’m truly happy.

There are times in my life when I just want to be by myself.

Because I came out as a singer, I took the time to get an acting coach.

There is a bit of acting involved when you get in front of a camera for a video. Even when you perform onstage, you’re putting on a show.

There are certain things I want to keep to me. I don’t discuss my private life.

I’m a survivor and I can handle anything. I’m very confident about that.

That’s why I work every day. Ev-er-y day. I want to knock people out.

I wanna be the best at what I do. I wanna sing, I wanna dance, I wanna act. That’s about it.

It’s really a sad story, and I liked that. The songs on this album talk about relationships in every aspect.

I stay true to myself and my style, and I am always pushing myself to be aware of that and be original.

In film, you are a totally different person than in the video.

I have the time needed to support the album and tour.

If at first you don’t succeed. You can dust it off and try again. Dust yourself off and try again.

I see myself as sexy. If you are comfortable with it, it can be very classy and appealing.

Keep working hard and you can get anything that you want. If God gave you the talent, you should go for it. But don’t think it’s going to be easy. It’s hard!

We all have a face that we hide away forever, and we take them out and show ourselves when everyone has gone.

I’d sort of gone through some sort of spiritual change in the late 70s where I sort of saw there was some other life to live. It changed the way that I worked just having a different presence and a different tension.

I think that there are few people in one’s life that you never really feel that they’re gone. I have to remind myself that she isn’t around.

There are no restrictions of taste, approach, or subject matter. The gatekeepers are gone, so the prospect for new and different voices is exciting. Or at least it will be if anyone reads them.

One hundred years from now, we’ll all be dead. It’s hard to believe. One hundred years from now, everyone we see every day will be gone.

I’ve gone on workout regimes, but I seem to have a system that is very resistant to changing.

Well, the past is gone, I know that. The future isn’t here yet, whatever it’s going to be. So, all there is, is this. The present. That’s it.

Don Knotts left [Andy Griffith Show] to pursue a movie career, so once he was gone I left too.