I've closed my heart down, so many seasons. I didn't want to hurt again, I didn't want to try, so I turned myself to ice and stone, said I don't need anyone, and nobody else would ever make me cry.

All songs are already perfectly written. It is the writer's job to find it and get it on paper.

Solid stone is just sand and water...Sand and water and a million years gone by.

Only the ones who believe ever see what they dream, ever dream what comes true.

People fall in love and swear they are so sure, then they turn around and say it's over. I never trusted love to come any closer till the moment you were mine.

I'll try to be careful, but I know I'm not immune, cause I just can't imagine how I'd ever come to harm with this feeling that I'm feeling as I'm drowning in your arms.

I'd rather write great songs because the word "commercial" is so subjective

If you are striving to have a stable success and riches in joy, you need to be truly dedicated to God

I can understand why some people might look at me and say, 'What's she got to be depressed about?' I get that a lot in Britain, where mental health issues seem to be a big taboo.

there's no harm in hoping for the best as long as you're prepared for the worst.

The melody is generally what the piece is all about.

What's the point of being a grown-up if you can't indulge the kid inside you every now and then?

The Drop's unpredictability is organic rather than sensationalistic. The movie doesn't pull surprises out of thin air for the sole purpose of shocking an audience - it lets them develop naturally.

The people who are going into music who hunger, they're going into pop music. There are some badass women who are ambitious and hungry and brave, and they're in pop.

Energy functioning in a pattern becomes matter. That is all life is... Matter and energy are interrelated.

Worship is ultimate, not missions. Because God is ultimate, not man.

An introverted, bookish child, with a mass of complexes and her head full of crazy ideals and a childish faith in the beautiful prince who was searching for and would surely find her.