“I need to make mistakes, just to learn (who I am)”

Devil is in the details.

Christina Aguilera and I are friends no matter what the media makes up.

I’m attracted to guys who are really confident and make conversation.

Onstage I’m the happiest person in the world.

I notice that if there are some times I’ve been stressed because I’m human and stress about things, that affects your kids. So you have to make sure you’re a happy mom so they can be happy.

For me, success isn’t a state of mind. I feel like success isn’t about conquering something; it’s being happy with who you are.

I’m still the same person I’ve always been.

I get to go to overseas places, like Canada.

It’s no secret I’m a shy person.

I have no regrets. I find everything happens for a reason and the reason why maybe this is happening is I won’t take BS from anyone. And I think it’s making me stand out on my own and be very independent and fight for what I believe in.

I am an extremely wicked-looking vampire but really that’s the whole point.

I really love doing yoga. My main ritual is yoga. I do a lot of yoga.

A tiny bit of obscure delicacy written all over her face at all times.

I can’t go anywhere without someone judging me.

I don’t understand the whole dating thing. I know right off the bat if I’m interested in someone, and I don’t want them to waste their money on me and take me out to eat if I know I’m not interested in that person.

I don’t want to pierce anything. I think it’s outdated. Belly rings and all are, like, old.

I think you learn more about yourself in the context of a relationship than you can outside of it.

No one is born with self confidence. Self confidence is learned and earned with experience.

Learn to be difficult when it counts. In school as in life, having a reputation for being assertive will help you receive preferential treatment without having to beg or fight for it every time.

We’re not broken, just bent, and we can learn to love again.

I could see that making judgments about people so that they are tried and sentenced in your head, without asking them for their perspective, is both unethical and unproductive. So I learned to love real integrity and to despise the lack of it.

The best thing a human being can do is to help another human being know more.

I don’t deal with them. And if I don’t deal with them, I have no reason to learn their names.

All of the top achievers I know are life-long learners. Looking for new skills, insights, and ideas. If they’re not learning, they’re not growing and not moving toward excellence.