I listen to Prince on my iPad. And I use a Chords & Scales app to warm up before performing.

I feel myself becoming the fearless person I have dreamt of being. Have I arrived? No. But I'm constantly evolving and challenging myself to be unafraid to make mistakes.

Embrace what makes you unique, even if it makes others uncomfortable.

Embrace what makes you unique, even if it makes others uncomfortable. i didn't have to become perfect because I've learned throughout my journey that perfection is the enemy of greatness.

Beauty is about enhancing what you have. Let yourself shine through.

I believe it's time that women truly owned their superpowers and used their beauty and strength to change the world around them.

Things might not go as planned, but at the end of the day it’s up to me to take those risks and do what I love most. And I don’t owe anybody an explanation. My journey is my journey.

Don’t get high off praises, and don’t get too low on critiques.

You are only as beautiful as the many beautiful things you do for others without expectation.

Even if it makes others comfortable, I will LOVE who I am

I'm inspired by the words: 'electrifying', 'epic', 'minimalistic', 'transcendent', 'timeless' and 'rock n' roll.'

The taste of defeat has a richness of experience all its own.

My own hobbies are rather quiet. I like to read and do needlework, and I love animals.

A poet must have died as a man before he is worth anything as a poet.

Anything can be achieved in small, deliberate steps. But there are times you need the courage to take a great leap; you can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.

Writing is the only way I know to demand justice from an uncaring universe.

The reward in heaven is the perpetual bait, a bait that has caught man in an iron net, a strait-jacket which does not let him expand or grow.

This may sound a little West Texan to you, but I like it. When I'm talking about.. when I'm talking about myself, and when he's talking about myself, all of us are talking about me.

Believe in the holy contour of life.

Prayer unfolds in the stillness of the soul.

Show business is fickle, and though I have been blessed with a healthy career, who knows how long that will last?