I believe in the power of music. I believe in it absolutely. It's never failed me. Never.
If women decide that their mission, their political career, balances out what they have to give up, they can be and are equally successful as men.
The examples of female success stories are important on the global scale, as they help to disseminate the idea of gender equality and to spread the roots for the actual implementation of equal rights for women and men and democratic values among different cultures, societies and traditions.
The world has become more diversified, with women becoming a real power of change.
There is an English saying, "When the going gets tough, the tough get going. " Women often become these tough ones.
My advice and wish to every woman in my country and in the world is very simple: Do not be afraid to be yourself, to have your dream, your vision, and to go for it. We can achieve a lot if we are sincerely committed to our goals and work hard to realize them.
With the danger of terrorism and war spreading in the world, now is the right moment to stop and reconsider our actions and do everything possible to bring an end to the fighting, be it in your own homeland, neighboring countries, or in your region.
The unemployment rate among the young in the United States is still very disconcerting, although we all know it's nowhere near as bad as it is in some of the European countries, where in some places it approaches 50 percent.
California is an island, and New York's an island. Maybe it's time for me to change islands.
Many a man has walked up to the opportunity for which he has long been preparing himself, looked it full in the face, and then begun to get cold feet. . . when it comes to betting on yourself and your power to do the thing you know you must do or write yourself down a failure, you're a chicken-livered coward if you hesitate.
And the Bible is not primarily a book of history. It is "His story," the story of God.