The journey of love has been rather a lacerating, if well-worth-it, journey.
A few years after my father's death, my mother sent me to the United Kingdom for 'better prospects' in 1951. Those four years were not easy.
It's not been a pleasant life.
For me, school was a nightmare. I struggled.
We worked on 'Fanny and Alexander' for seven months and it was an amusing production. Still, it was very long and heavy and so awfully complicated, .. And when the premiere was over and everything went well, I thought, 'That's that.' .
To be a politician must not be a pleasure always.
Leader of the East German Democracy Movement. Musical Director of the New York Philharmonic
Making a film is a very difficult thing to do, but the experience of 'Best F(r)iends' is a great memory.
Changing my name was traumatic for me.
It was extremely difficult to suppress my emotions, because my character in' A Girl at My Door' goes through so many infuriating situations. It was a lonely process having to portray someone that acts tough but is deeply hurting inside and is unable to express that.
'Wings' was a blessing, but it was also very difficult. Whenever you do situation comedy, no matter how excellent the execution - and we had a great cast and great writers - but the format is somewhat limited.
But theatre is always a difficult experience.
But I do realize I'm going to have to go through the pregnancy again. Mine was a really difficult pregnancy. It's tough. Of course I want to have another child. We'll see. I'm going to have one more, and see what it's like.
Those people don't know how tough that really was.
The people that really were important, that mattered, had a great foundation. I had no training. I had to learn while doing, and it was really difficult.
I had a tough career in college.
I did have my moments of despair. It was certainly not - it's not an experience I would like to have again. And then June came along.
Every bad situation is a blues song waiting to happen.
I have gained good experience but at the same time had hard times as well.
I always heard that immigrants had a really hard life when they came to America.
I wasn't very happy in high school: it was a confusing and sort of sad time for me.
The experience may have been costly, but it was also priceless.
I think in general, doing The X-Factor with the Steve Aoki song was the most difficult time, but also weirdly the most rewarding as well. I definitely felt like I couldn't do it, and then I definitely felt the support from everyone around me, the friends and family but also the fans and people outside of that.
'Don't Kill My Vibe' was made in a writing session, by Martin Sjolie and I, after he'd asked me what I'd been thinking about lately. I started talking about this earlier writing session that was quite difficult. The song is about the feeling of not being respected as a person, and I think that's something that speaks to millennials.
I like the challenge. I like a good, meaty experience for me.
Certainly the plagiarism, and dealing with the fallout of it, was the most difficult thing I've ever faced since I started writing.