I always give the encore over to chaos, so people can yell out requests and I can hack my way through a song that I don't really know anymore.

I don't know; it just seemed like the cooler guys are playing Xbox. At least the ones I know.

Just to prove i was right that it's harder to be friends than lovers and you shouldn't try and mix the two, cause if you do and then you're still unhappy, then you know that the problem is you.

It’s nice to be liked, but it’s better by far to get paid.

Isn't this the best part of breakin' up? Finding someone else you can't get enough of. Someone who wants to be with you, too.

I don't know what the future holds. Anything is possible.

I don't know why it surprises people that I surprise them.

I am a feminist, and I define myself: Be yourself, because if you can get away with it, that is the ultimate feminist act.

I try to see interviewing as performance art, and just take it as it comes.

Young kids don't have their identity, so everything is so important. Now I'm mature. I know who I am and I know what my thing is and I know what I'm bringing. It's very clear and defined.

I probably had some impact, because everyone keeps telling me that I did. I like to feel like I'm coming out with something to try to make room for other young women to make their art.

Replace dabbling with laser-beamfocus on something important.

From a Higher Point Everything Looks more Little, but Business we do on the Ground.

This is eventually how Syria will be resolved - through a political settlement.

The only thing that can combat fear is action. And there's two actions. There's fight and flight.

Energy markets can be thought of as suffering from appendicitis due to fossil fuel subsidies. They need to be removed for a healthy energy economy.

If you're the sort of person that likes a job where once you know what you're doing you can keep doing what you're doing, don't ever become a film composer.

I learned that strength, like height, is measured by who you're standing next to.

I could never stop drugs, I could never stop drinking, until I received my spiritual awakening.

The dollar is currently the principal reserve currency in the world.

Brain damage is never a good idea, no matter what your friends say.