Being a singer is all about me. About ego. Being a mom is all about being selfless - two different worlds.

People always accuse me of being motivational in a way like it was a bad thing but that's just how I was raised. My mom raised me in a positive environment with lots of love in my heart and that reflects in my music.

My mom being a psychotherapist I've been brought up with that whole psychoanalytical terrain.

Being a mom has made me so tired. And so happy.

And the greatest lesson that mom ever taught me though was this one. She told me there would be times in your life when you have to choose between being loved and being respected. Now she said to always pick being respected.

The best situation is being a single parent. The best part about is that you get time off too because the kids are with their mom so it's the best of both worlds. There's a lot to be said for it.

Being the only man in the household with my mom definitely helped me grow up fast.

When you are getting ready to become a mom being in love with someone just isn't enough. You need to think about whether he would be a good parent and raise your children with similar beliefs.

Having a child makes you realize the importance of life - narcissism goes out the window. Heaven on earth is looking at my little boy. The minute he was born I knew if I never did anything other than being a mom I'd be fine.

Motherhood is the strangest thing it can be like being one's own Trojan horse.

I basically became a cheerleader because I had a very strict mom. That was my way of being a bad girl.

Of all the roles I've played none has been as fulfilling as being a mother.

Being a mother is hard and it wasn't a subject I ever studied.

Girls have an unfair advantage over men: if they can't get what they want by being smart they can get it by being dumb.

A good part - and definitely the most fun part - of being a feminist is about frightening men.

Being a woman is a terribly difficult task since it consists principally in dealing with men.

We all fight over what the label 'feminism' means but for me it's about empowerment. It's not about being more powerful than men - it's about having equal rights with protection support justice. It's about very basic things. It's not a badge like a fashion item.

I love being a woman and I was not one of these women who rose through professional life by wearing men's clothes or looking masculine. I loved wearing bright colors and being who I am.

I know there is a Supreme Being who rules the affairs of men and whose goodness and mercy have always followed the American people and I know He will not turn from us now if we humbly and reverently seek His powerful aid.

There is no better proof of a man's being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.

When I look upon seamen men of science and philosophers man is the wisest of all beings when I look upon priests and prophets nothing is as contemptible as man.

I like being a woman even in a man's world. After all men can't wear dresses but we can wear the pants.

What I would say to the young men and women who are beset by hopelessness and doubt is that they should go and see what is being done on the ground to fight poverty not like going to the zoo but to take action to open their hearts and their consciences.

Men who do things without being told draw the most wages.