You can't give up. Sometimes you get knocked down, but you have to get back up, fighting. You have to think about the others who come behind you as well. And you have to think of the example that you set for others.
I was home schooled, so I never got a yearbook.
Life is about becoming a better version of yourself.
Real people aren't perfect; they fall down and mess up and screw up. Those are the kind of people that I look to, and I've always aspired to just be authentic.
Surround yourself with the right people, and realize your own worth. Honestly, there are enough bad people out there in the world - you don't need to be your own worst enemy.
I'm not trying to be something I'm not. I know what I believe in. I know my morals and I know what I have to offer.
I just love the thrill of performing on stage. I believe that singing is something I was put here to do.
Be able to cite three good qualities of every relative or acquaintance that you dislike.
I am very much concerned when I see young gentlemen of fortune and quality so wholly set upon pleasures and diversions, that they neglect all those improvements in wisdom and knowledge which may make them easy to themselves and useful to the world.
People always think I’m dainty when they meet me, but I’m really not. I’m very German – we’re not made out of sugar.
I don't have an office. I sit in a cubicle with everybody else. That's partly so no one can ask for an office, which in a fast-growing company isn't practical. But it's also so I can keep my finger on the pulse of how people are feeling.