My mother and I never got along, not even when I was a child.
You never take your fans for granted. You always appreciate them every show, night in, night out.
I am just what I am, I'm just what you see. So I'll make it easy, I'll stay me.
Anytime I sing the anthem, it is an honor and my heart beats out of my chest.
Nothing is more rewarding than to take a song, create it out of thin air and then watch it affect people.
From my dad I learned to be good to people, to always be honest and straightforward. I learned hard work and perseverance.
Just really, really believe in what you're trying to do. Don't let people alter that. Let people advise you and lead you down paths to make smart business decisions. But trust your instinct and trust that overwhelming drive that made you put all your dreams and everything on the line.
I regard myself as a beautiful musical instrument, and my role is to contribute that instrument to scripts worthy of it.
But, Christ, there's a difference between exotic and foreign, isn't there? Exotic means you know how to use your foreignness, or you make yourself a little foreign in order to appear exotic. Real foreign is a little scary, believe me.
No art should be fashionable.
There is a word sweeter than mother, home or heaven. That word is liberty.