They made a shrewd guess that I could GIVE them some USEFUL information, and they were the first to meet me. Some one said they CAME to ARREST me, and - well, let it go at that.

I've actually medalled in every single swimming MEET except for the Olympics, so that's the GOAL. I want to GET on that podium - I really do. But for me, that's not something I can control... so I will be HAPPY with going out there and swimming a race that I'm PROUD of.

Lofts are GREAT. But with a HOME, there is a lot to be SAID for delineated space. To have the LUXURY of a little separate work space is huge - and to have the dream-sequence master bath.

I GREW up in a SMALL town, in a small community, and I would not have had access to great plays when I was a KID were it not for the FILMS of 'Who's Afraid of VIRGINIA Woolf?' and 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.'

Am I R&B because I'm BLACK? Am I pop because I have a song called 'Milkshake'? Or can I just be who the hell I am? Good Lord, people make it SEEM LIKE we're doing heart transplants here, but we're just making music!

You NEED LUCK, you need your key players, you need to be in the BEST SHAPE, you need all of that to be CHAMPIONS.

Don't WAIT for something big to occur. Start where you are, with what you have, and that will ALWAYS LEAD you into something GREATER.

Be PASSIONATE. Be COURAGEOUS. Be your BEST.

I FEEL LIKE I let PEOPLE KNOW I'm not a TOY.