"The Matrix is top secret. There isn't much that can be said right now."

"I don't want to abandon one work for the other, and I don't think I need to sacrifice anything to put my all into either one of them."

"It's Friday and I'm ready to swing. Pick up my girls and hit the party scene."

"I'm the interpreter. I'm the one who takes your words and brings them to life. I was trained to sing and dance and laugh, and that's what I want to do."

"There are times in my life when I just want to be by myself."

"Sensual is being in tune with your sensual self."

"Keep working hard and you can get anything that you want."

"You have to enjoy your job; you should wake up every day and love what you do... I honestly do... From the bottom of my heart to the depths of my soul. I'm truly happy."

"My parents just tell me, ‘If you know what you want, you should stay determined and go for it. You can do anything.’"

"I'm a survivor and I can handle anything. I'm very confident about that."

"I go through the same problems all young people go through. Being in this business, I accept that there are positives and negatives but having a strong family base and a belief in God enables me to weather the storms."

"Whatever will be, will be."

"If at first you don't succeed/You can dust it off and try again/Dust yourself off and try again."

"It’s in how you carry yourself. I’ve always been a very mature person, and I’ve always known what I wanted. And I go after it no matter what."

"You have to love what you do to want to do it everyday."

"I want people to remember me as a full on entertainer and a good person."

"Keep working hard and you can get anything that you want. If God gave you the talent, you should go for it. But don't think it's going to be easy. It's hard!"

"I stay true to myself and my style, and I am always pushing myself to be aware of that and be original."

"Everything is worth it. The hard work, the times when you're tired, the times where you're a bit sad... In the end, it's all worth it because it really makes me happy. There's nothing better than loving what you do."

"There is always a bit of pressure to do a good album - to do good work, period. I really put a lot of pressure on myself, more so than other people. But I try not to let that overwhelm me to the point where I can't even do good work. I just put it aside and do the best that I know that I can."

"Of course, the advantage is that, being in this business, you get to learn a lot, experience a lot of new things, and you can become real successful. The disadvantage is, of course the negative media. People may try to manipulate you and control you, and those are the things you have to avoid. But if you maintain strong family values and you believe in God, you can be successful. So, it's been tough, but I've gotten through it because I stuck with my family and my deep belief in God."

"When you get into this business you have to grow up quickly. But I wouldn't say I've lost any of my childhood, I've always been a mature child. My Mom says I've been like that since I was little kid. I make time for my friends and I make time for things that other kids do. This is a business and I knew what I was getting into. I make time for being a kid, but I also know when to put on my business hat and go for the business."

"I wanted to be different and original but still have it be something my fans could get into. There also are some big, beautiful ballads. I told my producers that I wanted tracks that are going to blow up in the clubs, but I also wanted songs that were very melodic and with a lot of instrumentation."

"Well, I think that the image is a part of me. I wear the baggy pants, the hats, the whole nine. And you know, I may add a little for the excitement and the intrigue in the videos, but my family has told me that little air of mystery that surrounds me is for real."

"Self-respect is the root of discipline: The sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself."

"When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people."

"Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart."

"Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge."

"Never once in my life did I ask God for success or wisdom or power or fame. I asked for wonder, and he gave it to me."

"Few are guilty, but all are responsible."

"When I was young, I used to admire intelligent people; as I grow older, I admire kind people."

"Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy."

"The beginning of our happiness lies in the understanding that life without wonder is not worth living."

"The worship of reason is arrogance and betrays a lack of intelligence. The rejection of reason is cowardice and betrays a lack of faith."

"We can never sneer at the stars, mock the dawn, or scoff at the totality of being."

"Prayer begins at the edge of emptiness."

"Remember that there is meaning beyond absurdity. Know that every deed counts, that every word is power...Above all, remember that you must build your life as if it were a work of art."

"Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living."

"The problem to be faced is: how to combine loyalty to one's own tradition with reverence for different traditions."

"God is either of no importance, or of supreme importance."

"Prayer begins where our power ends."

"I have one talent, and that is the capacity to be tremendously surprised, surprised at life, at ideas. This is to me the supreme Hasidic imperative: Don't be old. Don't be stale."

"A prophet's true greatness is his ability to hold God and man in a single thought."

"To pray is to dream in league with God, to envision His holy visions."

"Only those will apprehend religion who can probe its depth, who can combine intuition and love with the rigor of method"

"Racism is man's gravest threat to man - the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason."

"The true meaning of existence is disclosed in moments of living in the presence of God"

"This is one of the goals of the Jewish way of living: to experience commonplace deeds as spiritual adventures, to feel the hidden love and wisdom in all things."

"The prophets never taught that God and history are one, or that whatever happens below reflects the will of God above. Their vision is of man defying God, and God seeking man to reconcile with Him."

"Who is a Jew? A person whose integrity decays when unmoved by the knowledge of wrong done to other people."