When you're pregnant, things-at least for me-get very sincere and very wholesome, and it's about family, and singing becomes about warmth.
One thing I really, truly believe in is having something greater than myself to be grateful to.
My spiritual life is an interesting thing. It's pretty private. I was raised Catholic in the Baptist Bible belt, so my spirituality was challenged and very much a private thing and it continues to be.
I do always try to find the goodness in somebody. I can't possibly believe in somebody if they don't have a core.
We can make choices, but we can be vulnerable; we can do the wrong thing, but the wrong thing for all the right reasons. I think it [life] is basically about forgiveness, and not about someone else forgiving you, but you forgiving yourself. I think we all want a lot of that.
You can only ask to be respected if you respect yourself.
I'm an actress. I'm not putting my life on the line for any great cause. I don't step out too boldly about anything except my children and family.
I think anything emotional adds to your acting and singing, no matter what it is that you go through. It will always add to it, never take away.
I've been singing since I was nine or ten.
I loved to sing and I loved to act, and I didn’t want to continue opera because I wanted to act.
By no means, I can't sing any rock and roll.
