"There's part of our brain that we shut off when we're in the studio. There's part of our brain that we turn on when we are out doing an interview or promoting something or waking up at six in the morning for hair and makeup."

“Stay on your toes and always move forward.”

Source : Twitter post from Apr 25, 2016

“Tennis is like marrying for money. Love means nothing.”

“Whatever our individual troubles and challenges may be, it’s important to pause every now and then to appreciate all that we have, on every level. We need to literally 'count our blessings,' give thanks for them, allow ourselves to enjoy them, and relish the experience of prosperity we already have.”

Source : Shakti Gawain (2000). “Creating True Prosperity”, p.110, New World Library

“The object of our lives is to look at, listen to, touch, taste things. Without them, - these sticks, stones, feathers, shells, - there is no Deity.”

Source : Reginald Horace Blyth (1948). “Zen in English literature and oriental classics”

“If [American Idol] was the Olympics, I'd still get a medal. It was a great race.”

“and love is a word used too much and much too soon.”

“I came across a photograph of him not long ago... his black face, the long snout sniffing at something in the air, his tail straight and pointing, his eyes flashing in some momentary excitement. Looking at a faded photograph taken more than forty years before, even as a grown man, I would admit I still missed him.”

Source : Willie Morris (2008). “My Dog Skip”, p.3, Vintage

“There are no absolute certainties in this universe. A man must try to whip order into a yelping pack of probabilities, and uniform success is impossible.”