[I] try to do both because the writing for me, to be a new artist, the writing is gonna pay the bills.

Time is free, but it's priceless. You can't own it, but you can use it. You can't keep it, but you can spend it. Once you've lost it you can never get it back.

A woman can't change a man because she loves him. A man changes himself because he loves her.

Your reality is yours. Stop wasting time looking at someone else's reality while doing nothing about yours.

The most successful people in this world recognize that taking chances to get what they want is much more productive than sitting around being too scared to take a shot.

If you pray about it don't worry about it. If you're going to worry about it don't pray about it.

Sometimes out of your biggest misery, comes your greatest gain.

Everybody by your side ain't on your side

Don't be afraid to lose him, because if a man truly loves you, he's not going anywhere

Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

It doesn't really matter who said it - it's so obviously true. Bevore you can write anything, you have to notice something.

Good intentions are the best business.

I believe that it is impossible for two individuals not committed to their own and each other’s well being to sustain a healthy and enduring relationship.

Love is a strange commodity, because you can't import it if you don't also export it.

Relaxation is the prerequisite for that inner expansion that allows a person to express the source of inspiration and joy within.

Even great men bow before the Sun; it melts hubris into humility.

I feel fortunate about being able to make the music I want to make and getting away with it

Loving someone meant letting them be who they were, not caging them

I've just come back from Mississippi and over there when you talk about the West Bank they think you mean Arkansas.

The beautiful thing about TODAY is that you get the choice to make it better than YESTERDAY