I grew up learning from a father who said, 'When you make a mistake or you make a bad decision, you man up and take responsibility.'
I never thought to myself, I'm going to grow up and fall in love with a man or I'm going to fall in love with a woman because my mother is a lesbian.
But I love stand-up, and it's where I came from creatively, so it's something I never want to walk away from.
I love wearing my hair curly, but turning the curling iron all the way up creates curls that look really made up and artificial.
I love my Disney fans. A lot of the kids want to grow up and push away from that image, but I don't feel that way at all.
Part of growing up is realizing you learn to love so many people. It's about forming those relationships and finding what will last forever.
How many women does one need to sing the scale of love all the way up and down?
I love the ocean; growing up around Laguna Beach, I spent my summers surfing, diving, and snorkeling.
So many of our young women today, they're growing up without a father, but they're still thirsty for that and desiring positive male love.
Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up.
I love movin'. I was observant growing up, watching Michael Jackson and John Travolta. I'd close my eyes, see the moves.
I love being a Go-Go. It definitely has its ups and downs, and we have a very intense energy with each other.
I want people to understand that I intend to continue living and doing all the things that I love to do up until the end. And the end is by no means rushing up on me.
It's kind of a Peter Pan thing: I want to stay a kid. I love it. But I guess you have to grow up someday. Everybody does.
Failure is sometimes inevitable, but failing to get back up is what turns a lot of people into failures.
God hasn't given up on you yet. So why should you ever dare to give up on yourself?
When I was growing up, I'd be in the choir. My mum was the organist in the church, so I'd sing in the church.
Never give up on a dream because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.
When I was growing up, hip-hop was still a pretty specialised thing.
I can get moody sometimes when I wake up after a nap - I'm like a four-year-old.
To dream of love & wake up beside your lover is divinity itself
