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On the microphone, I'm not scared to step up and say, 'This is my ability, this is how good I am.' In other areas of life, I'm not so confident; I'm still adjusting to the photo shoots, all that stuff. But behind the mic, I'm fully confident. ”
Ms. Oprah Winfrey gave me some advice to just always stay in the moment, and don't waste energy on negative things, and put your energy into positive things in your life. I just try to remember that every day and keep on going. ”
Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed. ”
The knowledge I have now is not the knowledge I had then. ”
You don't want to play a character you can't inhabit or commit to fully. ”
I practice going backward all the time. ”
The acceptance of death gives you more of a stake in life, in living life happily, as it should be lived. Living for the moment. ”
Not a living thing was to be seen and the cottages that sat huddled close to the ground remained fast shut; the smoke from the chimneys alone still gave a sign of life. ”
I have no responsibilities but to make people's lives better. ”
Anyone in the arts has had an experience of seeing someone who they related to doing something and thinking, 'I could do that.' If you have one generation where you force its hand a bit, then the next one fills in the gaps, because it's seen an example of what can be done. ”