Every straight man I know is a feminist. They wouldn't be my friends if they weren't.

I don't care how somebody gets their education, as long as they have one.

I do use reality because I want my work to feel real, I want it to feel heartfelt. I don't want to make it up and have it sound corny or unrelatable.

Ten minutes before you go onstage and you begin singing that torchy blues song, you may just be drinking a glass of water and brushing your teeth and doing some deep breathing.

Singers, musicians, and songwriters don't want to use the word "acting" because we want it to be more real than that - we want it to come from us: naturally, truly, really.

I was brought up in the Christian church and I studied in the teachings of Jesus. I believed in caring for others and trying to be kind. It's something I still have to work on every day.

Things are changing. They need to change more. It should not be of any note that a woman does something, because women do everything.

Artists are able to do well in the political arena because of fame, if only they can educate themselves.

If you just take one foot in front of the other without any protection, you may end up falling off the fence.

The line is very delicate and fine between being what one might call sane or insane, well or unwell.

Feminism has nothing to do with partisanship.

Don’t waste your precious time in worrying about someone taking your place. You know God has already planned something for you. Focus on your job and you will reach the place you deserve!

May you be ordinary, as the poet once wished the new-born baby.

I don't want to be romantic, but one of the most important things is to have happy buildings... it's like having a family with a lot of children.

The Platonic world of ideas corresponds to Thinking and Sensation on the mystical level.

Pride leaves no room for grace.

We must let go of those things that don’t serve us. In order to receive the blessings intended for us, we have to make room for them.

Man's destiny is nowhere spelled out, nor is his duty.

Most youth still hold the same values of their parents…if we do not alter this pattern, if we don’t resocialize, our system will decay.

I don't want to be tied down. I don't want to settle down. I don't want I love you.

Hope is hearing the music of the future. Faith is to dance to it.