Be kind to me, or treat me mean I'll make the most of it, I'm an extraordinary machine

There aren't many poster children for cool angst. Everybody thinks it's cool if you're the bad girl.

I really don't think anything I do is a mistake. It could be if I didn't learn from it.

It's calm under the waves in the blue of my oblivion.

If I respect myself and believe in what I'm doing, no one can touch me.

Rape is the most humiliating thing that can be done to you; it's the most vulnerable that you can be. But once I realized that, I became a stronger person and faced all my fears.

Nothing that you do will ever feel good if you let people convince you that you have no choice.

Everybody sees me as this sullen and insecure little thing. Those are just the sides of me that I feel it's necessary to show because no one else seems to be showing them.

The way I feel about music is that there is no right and wrong. Only true and false.

You fondle my trigger, then you blame my gun

I was screaming into the canyon at the moment of my death; the echo I created outlasted my last breath.

The key to success is having no qualms about failure.

Gratitude for every day along the way is the key to acknowledging and enjoying happiness now. Not when the results come in or when you retire, or when this or that happens.

It is so simple, to be happy think happiness.

Vulgar, but not as vulgar as Louis Vuitton, thought Sherman.

I'm in a monogamous relationship and very happy.

Yes, free markets tend to produce unequal incomes. We should not be ashamed of that. On the contrary, our system is the envy of the world and should be a source of pride.

I think I'm more of a guardian angel girl.

Learn all there is to learn, and then choose your own path.

My dad used to play drums in a country band, and my mom is an incredible singer.

Sometimes a man hits upon a place to which he mysteriously feels that he belongs.