I'm not a religious person. I'm Catholic, so I consider myself more of a spiritual person. I believe in God.
For me, that's always been one of the great charms of the first person: we gain access to a very personal, private kind of music.
I wanted to have a personal life that I fully inhabited, not because I am such a great mom, but for me.
I think I started learning lessons about being a good person long before I ever knew what basketball was. And that starts in the home, it starts with the parental influence.
I'm a very competitive person. But I think that's good.
I try to be a good person. I know what my downfalls are, so that's a good thing.
To me, it doesn't matter who you are or where you're from - if you're a good person and you got my back, I got yours.
Someone who is a good person should have no fear of the government whatsoever.
And I'm a pretty positive person - I don't put a lot of energy into worrying, and I'm not a person who lives in a great deal of fear.
I do not take any pleasure whatsoever in being a famous person.
For a person to be truly discipled and growing in their faith, they need more than one person discipling them.
How can you analyse what is funny? What's funny to one isn't funny to another... What's funny to you is a personal thing.
Snowden has been very sparing about discussing his early life or his personal life.
My parents and my grandmother inspire me every day and, every day, in my work and personal life.
Although I behave in a quite reserved way in my personal life, give me a stage and I'll be as flamboyant as I can.
The problems come when your personal life and relationships come under scrutiny in the press and often very uncomplimentary things are printed about you.
In real life, the most practical advice for leaders is not to treat pawns like pawns, nor princes like princes, but all persons like persons.
I have learned that keeping my personal life outside of work is the easier, richer way to work.
I have principles in my professional and personal life as to how things are done.
Every single person in my life and every relationship I have is distant because all I do is music.
I've been very blessed in my personal life and in my career and I have never been ungrateful for what I have.
