Everything really needs to be paraben-free for me. I mean, because if I’m going to smoke cigarettes, then I need to be aware of all the other bullshit I’m putting into my body.

I am rough around the edges, and I am not a polished girl.

My style has always been very free, easy, relaxed, and slightly androgynous.

I think we are living in a world that is too perfect and things are too retouched. I want to scream at the top of my lungs 'our imperfections are what make us special'

I think a lot of people know me for just wearing cut-off denim shorts, an oversized white T-shirt with a pair of high-heels. I usually do wear basic stuff. Jeans and a white T is my go-to look.

Each piece of jewellery tells a story of my life. Picking one particular piece as a favorite would be like taking a chapter out of a book.

I've always been a girl with a massive opinion.

My mother gave me a pair of diamond earrings when I was 13. It symbolised becoming a teenager. I also remember getting a collection of costume jewellery from my grandmother when I was in high school.

When I find something at a flea market or an antique store, it feels more special and I'm more inclined to want to wear it.

I'm always "shopping," because I think it's important to know what's out there.

I really believe in keeping your canvas very basic and sort of adding the accouterments from there. I look at creating intrigue with outfits through accessories.

The greatest treasures are not found in museums, but in our hearts.

I chose to be a writer no more than I chose to be female.

Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.

I'm a drunken midget with a loaded gun, a loaded gun.

We used to be "shiftless and lazy," now we're "fearsome and awesome." I think the black man should take pride in that.

Apology may be scorned, but it retains its inherent value.

In other words, the celebrity gets out of hand, and if youre not careful, you will forget what you are about - and that is you are about making music that people want to hear.

Religion is not something I like to talk about publicly. One reason is the politics, but also I think spirituality is deeply personal.

There are chemists who spend their whole lives trying to find out what's in a lump of sugar. I want to know one thing. What is color?

The human capacity for compassion is not a reflex that is triggered automatically by the presence of another living thing.