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I realized that the only way to get into a good college was to be valedictorian or salutatorian. So that was my goal. ”
Ultimately, my greatest achievement is maintaining my career while sustaining a happy marriage and kids. ”
I hope that through Fast Forward, we can encourage women everywhere to know their power wherever they find themselves; to find their purpose; and to connect with others in order to create a better world - especially for women and girls. ”
My parents leaving a third world country to a first world country and building from nothing - that's really inspiring to me and it's influenced me in a positive way. ”
Because obviously the whole purpose of putting records out is purely and simply to make money. ”
Right now, my career is in three directions: as a performer, as an arranger, as an author - and I don't give any one of them true precedent, or true top marks, as opposed to the other two. ”
If you show up every day to a job you hate, and you are doing nothing to change that - you've got no one to blame but yourself. ”
We need a new Latin American policy that is bold - different. We need to focus on building civil society, focus on the lack of infrastructure. We need look at ways to foster economic opportunity. There needs to be a more comprehensive economic vision in the region. ”
My job with Sue on 'Bake Off' was to look after the bakers - and to be honest, a lot of that was done off screen as well as on screen. It's very much the same on 'Let It Shine.' You get to know people, you get involved, you want things to be alright. ”
I think, in any artist's mind, you can't just be into yourself. You have to look at the world in an objective view. ”