I just want pieces of the world.

You always have to remember to take care of yourself first and foremost, because when you stop taking care of yourself you get out of balance and you really forget how to take care of others.

Worry about being respected, never worry about being liked because that's the trap.

When I'm tired, I rest. I say, 'I can't be a superwoman today.'

We don't back off obstacles and tough situations, we use them to make us stronger.

Women, you can have it all - a loving man, devoted husband, loving children, a fabulous career.

Don't take your health for granted. Don't take your body for granted. Do something today that communicates to your body that you desire to care for it. Tomorrow is not promised.

Will and I are yin and yang. He's all sky, vast and bright and soaring, and I'm all earth. I'm here to ground him, and he's here to help me fly.

I do call upon a little Fish Mooney energy sometimes, believe it or not.

I learned that surrounding myself with people who are able to help me is like being surrounded by tangible godliness.

You've got to be happy in your own skin.

If happy I can be I will, if suffer I must I can.

Do not leave without saying good bye.

No person, no matter how important society deems their relationship to you, has the right to denounce you for who you are.

I didn't know I had this many fans in Puerto Rico. I'm going to carry this memory to my grave.

My mother is one of those very unusual, superb human beings-she's innately strong and incredibly smart. She created an environment for me to explore who I was.

American literature had always considered writing a very serious matter

It's just hard to have a nuanced discussion with like a thousand people, 30 of which are white-power skinheads.

I write songs about real things... The subject dictates the mood and it goes from there, really.

I have fought sixty battles, and I have learnt nothing which I did not know at the beginning.

The only thing privacy laws accomplish is making the bugs smaller.