I think I look better in darker clothes. And maybe the fact that I wear black so much makes me more aware of putting people at ease.

My guitar is not a thing. It is an extension of myself. It is who I am.

You got nothing to lose. You don't lose when you lose fake friends.

Don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t do something. Make your own victories. Make your own mistakes.

Girls have got balls. They're just a little higher up, that's all.

Other people will call me a rebel, but I just feel like I'm living my life and doing what I want to do. Sometimes people call that rebellion, especially when you're a woman.

I think I was born strong-willed. That's not the kind of thing you can learn. The advantage is, you stick to what you believe in and rarely get pushed out of what you want to do.

You want to have butterflies in your stomach, because if you don't, if you walk out onstage complacent, that's not a good thing.

I figured out it was a social thing, what women were allowed to do. At a very young age, I decided I was not going to follow women's rules.

Success isn't one straight line - it's a ladder, and there's always another rung above you to reach out for. Like anything else, there are ups and downs.

I don't give a damn about my reputation. You're living in the past, it's a new generation.

You can't comfort the afflicted without afflicting the comfortable.

The mind uses the power of thought to win the world.

In politics, if you're explaining, you're loosing.

You can follow the religions where God is small, or you can follow the religions where God is all.

Hungry wailing standeth not aloof.

Hurry n: The dispatch of bunglers.

I became quite successful very young, and it was mainly because I was so enthusiastic and I just worked so hard at it.

A competition of the best ideas - that should be what Congress is about.

People will always respect you when you're in the process of being better.

I talk about the gods, I am an atheist. But I am an artist too, and therefore a liar. Distrust everything I say. I am telling the truth.