I get homesick a lot. That can make me so emotional that I sometimes feel like crying- but never in front of anyone. No way!

Live life to the fullest, for the future is scarce.

Nobody's perfect, but at the same time, I always try to learn from my mistakes.

I'm an old rock and roll buff. I love Bruce Springsteen and Tom Petty.

Everybody that I meet inspires me. You can learn so much from any person that you meet any day on the side of the street.

People should be judged on the things they do, not how they look.

Sometimes I shut up cause I'm afraid I don't have anything interesting to tell anyway

Don't ever let anyone else write your story for you.

OH MY GOD! In Thailand, they've got the spiciest food I've ever had in my life!

Thankfully I have a fan base that wants to see me, so I really enjoy creating music that is different.

The ocean does something to me that is unexplainable. Just being out there and realizing im alive.

Fear of failure is deceptive.Don't do it, you'll fail, it says.Courage is inceptive.It's where success starts.

True understanding lies beyond the desert

No, Rae, the clocks won't chime again, these clocks have marked my fall." - Fletcher Green

Finality is not the language of politics.

With too much quickness ever to be taught; With too much thinking to have common thought.

I always thought it hadn't influenced me very much, but I heard from many people from England that many motives from German fairytales are to be found in my books.

We've got a lot of love here, and for me that's what family is all about.

Your dressing area should be your private space.

I am interested in the idea of 'taste.' And by 'taste,' I mean opinion, inspiration and the craft of creating a personality through fabric and design.

Come, then, let us go forward together with our united strength - and win a better future for generations to come.