I wanted to talk to very young kids about self-image and about being different and how that can be your strength, especially from the immigrant perspective.
A lot of the way I sing is playing off other musicians. It’s what I love to do the most.
I’m in great shape considering I have hardware in my back. I work out constantly to keep my muscles limber and my abs strong so they can take the burnt of everything.
When I was a teenager, I was fat. I was shy. I wore glasses. I had a big eyebrow and hair all over my body. They were years of torture.
I have a very open line of communication with both my children.
As an artist, you dream about accumulating enough successful music to someday do just one greatest-hits album, but to reach the point where you’re releasing your second collection of hits is beyond belief.
I’ve been offered a lot of things that celebrities do that I wouldn’t do, like perfumes, lines of clothing and this, that and the other.
Love is a constant source of inspiration, surprise, and wonderment.
I’m a writer and this is what I love to do.
There are certain realities we must speak of with our children that were not present when I was a child.
You don’t have to give up who you are to be successful just because you’re different.
We must feel the pain before the pleasure, only then can we tell them apart.
I’ve got nine dogs, eight birds, turtles, fish and I had wallabies at one point.
One of the most beautiful things we can give our child is music education.
There’s no reason that just because you’re a celebrity you can’t write.
Toys are not a need people typically think of, but they’ve got all these kids who have absolutely nothing to do.
I only used my whole life one perfume: and it’s Cartier’s Le Must.
She’s an amazing dog and really inspired everything that’s in this book.
Everything’s funny for God’s sake. Everything.
How can we expect something positive to come from all the negative that we put into this world?
I bit down three nails rooting for the Heat.