I probably have an earlier curfew than anyone. My mom wants to keep me really safe and my dad's not overly protective, but he's a dad no matter what.

Life's a climb. But the view is great.

When Life Puts You in Tough Situations, Don't Say 'Why Me', Say 'Try Me'

Anyone that hates on you is always below you, because they're just jealous of what you have.

If you believe in yourself anything is possible.

Always look forward and try to push pass the negativity. I think everyone's beautiful and they deserve to be happy no matter what.

The greatest opportunities in life come with fear and risk.

You can't blame me for who I am.

Remember that only God can judge us; forget the haters, because Somebody loves you.

It is important to ask yourself why you’re doing what you’re doing and what purpose it serves in the big picture.

Love me or hate me,I don't care.I'm doing what i like.I'm happy.

What I want to get out of my college course is some knowledge of the best way of living life and doing the most and best with it. I want to learn to understand and help other people and myself.

My visibility may have gotten Hollywood to redefine what's attractive.

It is impossible to carry the American people along with you on a program of caution to forestall a threatening position.

The whole duty of humanity, from a Christian perspective is: 'To know God and to show God.'

When a woman wins an Oscar for telling a story from a woman's point of view, that's going to be the win. That's the moment.

Every generation loses the Messiah it has failed to deserve.

I'd done recordings, little demos, since I was in college, which I used to get gigs. But I never thought I'd have a record label.

It is production that creates purchasing power, not the printing press!

The people in Cuba, they know what I stand for, and there's a lot of people in Cuba that stand for the same. But they can't say it.

If you kept changing the way people saw the world, you ended up changing the way you saw yourself.