I have always said every good thing is divinely sent from heaven.

Stay cool, stay humble, stay beautiful, and just do the work

I was able to endure and play a special part in music history. And I always managed to keep working, even if I wasnt a big solo artist.

My family is part Creole, and were Indian, and were also very, very black. My father was so black, he was blue.

I felt like if I just gave my heart to what I was doing, I would automatically be a star.

Carole King is one of my dearest friends. Were like family.

My mother was a lupus patient. I was a child with the lupus gene.

I got put out of my church choir because my pastor said, 'We can't have baby sister singing the blues and coming in here and singing on Sunday morning.'

The greatest happiness is when the eye discovers beauty where neither then mind conceived of nor the hand intended any.

When you begin to do what matters most to you, you let go of preconceived notions of who you are which have been fostered by others and start creating the person you most want to be.

What isn't remembered never happened.Memory is merely a record...you just need to rewrite that record.

Heroes may not be braver than anyone else. They're just braver 5 minutes longer.

It's not really cool to be singled out.

I don't expect to live forever, but I do intend to hang on as long as possible.

Anyone who's not military knows this fact. Why do you use chemical weapons while you're advancing ?

You know, some people take peace of mind and confuse it with lack of passion.

I'll always be waiting in the wings Bella

I think for me the trick is not to aim to impress or to even try to make people laugh but instead to tell the truth.