My family is part Creole, and we're Indian, and we're also very, very black. My father was so black, he was blue.
Cancer affects so many people, and even if it hasn't affected someone in your family then you know someone who has had it.
I was born in Nizhny Novgorod to a very poor family and unfortunately my father and mother separated when I was very little.
My family are too grounded, and I will go home to visit. I always need my dose of Liverpool to keep me grounded.
I will become an old, wrinkly lady one day and what will matter are my friends and my family and people who love me.
Everyone has a different beauty and different qualities and I think that women need to learn to love their qualities and be comfortable in the fact that everyone is different.
If you're a single man and you happen to be in this business, you're deemed a player. But I don't see myself as a ladies' man.
When 'You've Lost that Lovin' Feeling' hit, we were doing a show called 'Shindig!' and the Righteous Brothers suddenly became big business.
In show business, if you make a mistake, you can do it over again.
If you're in the WWE, it's like show business boot camp. You learn a little bit about everything as far as show business is involved.
The problem is that I don't want to add another record to the world that is not necessary to be published, except to make some business. There has to be a musical reason.
A lot of people heard 'Murda Business' and thought it was about killing people, trying to be tough and hardcore. If you actually listen to the lyrics, it's kind of silly and playful.
My show business career doesn't mean I can't write a symphony. It just means I was never asked to write one.
If you can play live and support yourself, it's one of the few ways you're going to actually get paid in this business these days.
I'm my own biggest marketing tool. I know the history of the business and I might as well capitalize on it.
I don't find the business easy. The moment you start talking about the business, you start sounding like someone in Spinal Tap.
Radio is a really strange business now, too. There's a very narrow door and a very few people control what gets played.
When someone asks about a career in fashion, I say start at the bottom. If you want to start a business, you have to know it from the ground up.
As a Business Ambassador, I am delighted to help both new and established British designers receive the recognition they deserve in the global fashion arena.
Courage and willingness to just go for it, whether it is a conversation or a spontaneous trip or trying new things that are scary - it is a really attractive quality.
The minute a person whose word means a great deal to others dare to take the open-hearted and courageous way, many others follow.
