I really do love bluesy-jazzy music, so I love Etta James, B.B. King and Billie Holiday. I love that they have soul in their voices - I think that's something important is having.

In terms of fashion, I love adding a fun scarf to whatever I'm wearing - it's a great way to dress up a plain outfit!

People need to realize bullying has just as much of an impact online because words are so cutting and difficult to deal with.

Growing up, theres a lot of pressure to be normal. But normal isnt as fun as being yourself.

I just remind myself that the gifts I have, I've been given for a reason and that every day brings new opportunities to use them.

Cool is overrated. Be a geek for what you Love

I love Beyonce. She's so fierce. I also love Lily Allen, and she was an influence on my music.

I really do like Bruno Mars. I think he's very good. And I love Maroon 5.

I'm really passionate about music.

Songwriting is actually a really great outlet. I kind of recommend it. You get to sum up whatever is going on in your life in a song, then perform it really passionately.

I definitely get stage fright.

...a society without jaywalkers might indicate a society without artists.

If the home is a body, the table is the heart, the beating center, the sustainer of life and health.

Time isn't a commodity something you pass around like cake. Time is the substance of life. When anyone asks you to give your time they're really asking for a chunk of your life.

Parenting is not for sissies. You have to sacrifice and grow up.

To criticize a person for their race is manifestly irrational and ridiculous, but to criticize their religion, that is a right. That is a freedom.

Truth needs not flowers of speech.

I burp like everyone else and I'm promiscuous.

In that moment of salvation, of belief, they are opening their lives to the person of Jesus.

Naps are nature's way of reminding you that life is nice, like a beautiful swinging hammock strung between birth and infinity.

You have to control things, especially with the social media, because once it's out there, it's out there. And that becomes the fact.