"Listening to great music and art inspires me and recharges me."
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"In fact, I think that's my favorite word and the most important word when it comes to relationships: equality."
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"I like to do outdoorsy things: hikes, trails, running, swimming. I love the sun. I'm all about the warmth."
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"Moments are so fleeting; I want to hold on to the good ones. When I am truly present, I feel alive, and I want everyone around me to share that feeling so we can make the most of that moment together."
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"I’ve found that the best life has to offer is right in front of me, with my husband and child"
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"I do feel like I owe something, but not to the industry. When you say "industry," I think of a group of people who don't really care much about you and treat you as a commodity. So, in that regard, I don't feel like I owe anything. But the people who've always been supportive of me and have always seen me for my greatest potential-those are the people who I feel like I owe something to. I feel like I am their voice. I owe it them to represent them in a way that they can be proud of."
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"I've always valued the input of the people I love. So in the past, whenever I'd make a decision - what to wear to an event, whether to pursue a job opportunity - I'd consult those closest to me, like my mother, husband, or manager."
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"I'm inspired by many of my friends, colleagues, and the extraordinary people I've been fortunate enough to meet along the way."
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"I'm so grateful that I can play and that I can execute what I hear in my head, because that's the tricky part."
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"It's important for everyone - working moms especially - to find moments to ground themselves and connect with their own breath."
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"If I can remain excited about the music that I'm giving you, then you're damn sure going to be excited about it."
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"When you're talented, you're talented."
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"I have big everything on the bottom but I love my legs. You've got to love what's yours."
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"I want to continue to produce film, television, and theater, and to make the most amazing music that I've made in my life."
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"There are certain things we come into this world having to defeat. And for me, and I would not be surprised if a lot of women feel this same way, it's this thing of not being 100 percent comfortable with myself."
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"Mozart would play a counterpart with his left hand while using his right to mock it. It was blue, dark, shadowy - and it made me feel something. That's when I realized music was inside me."
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"I grew up in a pretty tough neighborhood."
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"To be able to help a 13-year-old kid from the Bronx follow her dreams just by letting her know she's not forgotten in this crazy world - that's why I got involved with Frum Tha Ground Up."
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"When I was first learning songs, I'd have a favorite song, and I'd take the chords and twist them around. I'd learn the chords and then play them backward. That was my first experimenting with writing a song."
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"I have this vintage Harley-Davidson motorcycle jacket. When I put it on, it has this supercool feeling to it."
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