I want to speak up and tell you that mascara and clothes don't make you cool, neither do name-brand handbags, but being a leader can.

When I was 12, I first made the decision to go vegetarian after a co-star's line 'I don't eat anything with a face' suddenly shocked me into reality.

The biggest ingredient in a best friend is someone whose actions you respect and who you can truly be yourself around.

Picking a best friend who stands up for what she believes in, is true to herself and allows you to be yourself without judgement of how 'cool' you are? Well, now you're picking a friend for life.

If you're picking your best friend based on what kind of clothes she wears or how popular she is, chances are you aren't going to stay in touch after graduation.

I encourage all of you to seek out teachers and mentors that challenge you to think for yourself and guide you to find your own voice.

Taking away from someone else will never make you any better.

Some kids my age experiment with drugs, I experiment with music.

Growing up in the entertainment industry, I've had a lot of people tell me I'm not good enough.

I just always loved to perform and I was lucky enough to be in front of the right people at the right time!

A bit of adviceGiven to a young Native AmericanAt the time of his initiation:As you go the way of life, You will see a great chasm. Jump.It is not as wide as you think.

You know you possess the soul of an artist when, each time you sit down to create, the whole universe lays itself at your feet.

The great are like the sun

What was it, she wondered, that made some people give up and others fight harder? Where was her fight? She was out.

Real security is contemplating death, not pretending it doesn't exist.

A writer is someone who has written something today

That difference do you think you can make, one man in all this madness?

When all the false self-identifications are thrown away, what remains is all-embracing love.

I am hated for loving. I am haunted for wanting.

The orb came about because I wanted to do this kitsch sweater for Prince Charles when he went hunting and fishing with his kilt on.