A MAN has to be JOE McCarthy to be called ruthless. All a woman has to do is PUT you on hold.

A LOT of Woody Guthrie's SONGS were taken from other songs. He would rework the melody and lyrics, and all of a SUDDEN it was a Woody Guthrie SONG.

I think of the spam folder not as Pandora's box but as a costume SHOP in which you can play and play at being whoever and WHATEVER you wish. If only for a TIME.

I learned EARLY on that extraordinary challenges LEAD to extraordinary VICTORIES.

The formula to BEAT the press is simple; it's the execution that's TOUGH. If you have the quality to do so, you pass your way through it. And if you don't, you just boot it over the TOP. And then it becomes a GAME of WINNING 'second balls'.

When I auditioned for my HIGH school BAND the band DIRECTOR was excited because my father was known to be a GREAT musician. When he heard me, he SAID 'Are you sure you're Ellis's son?'

I don't feel like my LIFE is that of a superstar! Every DAY I wake up, I take the train, I GO to my ballet class. My everyday life is PRETTY normal.

There's no BETTER WAY to TREAT your Valentine then with a delicious meal.

That's my GIFT. I let that negativity roll off me like WATER off a DUCK's back. If it's not positive, I didn't HEAR it. If you can overcome that, fights are EASY.

I guess I feel that I was FOLLOWING my instincts, and at the same time being guided by the best. I became totally intrigued with Louisiana - the PEOPLE, the FOOD. It is a part of my life. EVERYTHING that has happened for me since MOVING here has just been icing on the cake.