My chin's too big. And my nose - my nose is funny.

Learning a musical instrument is challenging, it demands fine motor skills and coordination. It develops children's listening, thinking skills, imagination and perseverance. It brings out the very best in the children as they work collaboratively with their peers and teachers.

Christmas Eve is my wedding anniversary so it is a double whammy.

I can't do solitude.

I would say that Beethoven's late string quartets are the nearest to God that we'll ever get.

I've never been one of those nanas who pretends to be young.

My father wanted me to be a dentist like him, or any doctor, really. There was this attitude of, 'The civil rights movement was not about you being an artist.'

My father instilled in me the attitude of prevailing. If there's a challenge, go for it. If there's a wall to break down, break it down.

There are actually no political aspirations. I think you need to have the right attitude and aptitude for it. I don't think I have the right aptitude for it. I think it is unfair to push somebody in that direction just because my father happens to be a politician.

My father instilled in me an attitude that you couldn't really enjoy yourself unless you had done something to deserve it. So, my childhood was spent working on farms or local shops or, when I got older, in banks.

She got her looks from her father. He's a plastic surgeon.

My mother is black and my father is Filipino. I got the best of both worlds.