“I think my strength as a performer is my ability to straddle the fence...” — Mariette Hartley Quote

“I think my strength as a performer is my ability to straddle the fence between comedy and tragedy.”

“I talk only about my journey because that's all I know. That's what the audience always pulls me back to. There's a hunger out there for the spoken journey, just to share the experience, the strength, the hope.”

“When you sing, you're releasing so much more than you are when you're speaking. You risk more as a singer.”

“My personal style icons are Diane Von Furstenberg and Linda Fargo. For strength and their own style, Christine Lagarde and Angela Merkel.”

“People think of Latina women as being fiery and fierce, which is usually true. But I think the quality that so many Latinas possess is strength. I'm very proud to have Latin blood.”

“Solitude is strength; to depend on the presence of the crowd is weakness. The man who needs a mob to nerve him is much more alone than he imagines.”