"There's no hope of me becoming completely relaxed on stage. If I did, I'd sit down and doze off."

"I've always spent more time with a smile on my face than not, but the thing is, I don't write about it."

"I don't find the technology threatening. A lot of people my age, my generation, find it difficult to immerse themselves. But I would never preclude the idea of using any technology if I thought it suited the end result."

"I had no desire to be famous I just wanted to make the greatest music ever made. I didn't want anyone to know who I was."

"My niece was very much caught up in the vampire craze for young adults, and she thought having a vampire boyfriend would be a cool thing. What do you do on a first date? The more I thought about it, the more fun I had imagining what you'd serve a vampire for dinner."

"What I know is, is that if you do work that you love, and the work fulfills you, the rest will come."

"I am proud of the President's leadership. I am proud to support him in saying: Yes, we are going to do what is necessary now when it is less painful and less expensive."

"When I do get pregnant, I highly doubt I'll be one of those women who don't look pregnant from behind - I'll be that chick who looks pregnant from her ankles up!"