Elvis was the first person in music that I really identified with.

Hate crimes are the scariest thing in the world because these people really believe what they're doing is right.

If grass can grow through cement, love can find you at every time in your life.

For someone who likes tattoos, the most precious thing is bare skin.

Nothing lifts me out of a bad mood better than a hard workout on my treadmill. It never fails. Exercise is nothing short of a miracle.

I'm scared to death of being poor. It's like a fat girl who loses 500 pounds but is always fat inside. I grew up poor and will always feel poor inside. It's my pet paranoia.

Pay no attention to haters, attention is what they crave.

The only thing in the world you can change is yourself and that makes all the difference in the world.

I will never fit in because I was not meant to

Until you're ready to look foolish, you'll never have the possibility of being great.

A girl can wait for the right man to come along but in the meantime that still doesn't mean she can't have a wonderful time with all the wrong ones.

History is more or less bunk.

Art! Who comprehends her? With whom can one consult concerning this great goddess?

Do not look down upon any Muslim, for even the most inferior believer is great in the eyes of God.

It's murder to doubt yourself in life. It took until I was 45 to get to that point. As hard as it is in your work, it's harder in your life. But it can be done.

Love is blind, but marriage restores its sight.

As your attorney, it is my duty to inform you that it is not important that you understand what I'm doing or why you're paying me so much money. What's important is that you continue to do so.

It's weird, because usually if you're British and you go to America you play baddies; but I play naughty people here and goodies in America.

I've got over three-hundred pairs of shoes back home - I'm twenty-four years old and I wear a size four, so all my shoes are just cheap.

I am dismayed to realize that much of the advice I used to parcel out to aspiring writers has passed its sell-by date.

Music is a bird's answer to the noise and heaviness of words. It puts the mind in a state of exhilarated speechlessness.