I'm not mainstream at all. I can make mainstream music and I make music for mainstream artists, but me, myself, I'm not mainstream.

Life is a carousel. It goes up and down. All U gotta do is just stay on.

Don't wait for the stars to align, reach up and rearrange them the way you want...create your own constellation

Happiness is not about the trophy, or the finish line. It's the journey. If you enjoy your journey, you can enjoy your life

There's a key for every door, and if you can't find it, you can make one. That's always an option.

You are one of one. None before and none to come. That what makes you different, makes you beautiful.

Fashion has to reflect who you are, what you feel at the moment, and where you're going.

In order to do great things, you must be unafraid to recreate yourself. You can't do that holding on to a glory from yesterday.

First thing I do [in the morning] is thank the master. I thank God every day.

Wealth is of the heart and mind, not the pocket

That which makes you different is actually the thing that makes you special.

It wasn't torpor that kept her - she was often restless to the point of irritability. She simply liked to feel that she was prevented from leaving, that she was needed.

The master tools of success are invitation, patience, time, gentleness, cooperation and surrender.

People decide what you're like before they even get to know you

I always designed my practice plans the night before and then made tweaks a few hours before practice began

Art is the splendor of reality before everything has become meaning.

Change what you are doing; change your world. And if enough people do that, we can change the world.

Only write from your own passion, your own truth. That's the only thing you really know about, and anything else leads you away from the pulse.

History and the generations to come will judge our leaders by the decisions they make in the coming weeks.

I will not abridge my freedoms so as not to offend savages, freedom of speech is under violent assault here.

Stop it, Mom, you're making me blush.