I was a spiritual kid.

If you can learn to love yourself and all the flaws, you can love other people so much better. And that makes you so happy.

Not everyone is going to like what you do or what you have to offer. However, if you can’t see yourself doing anything else, and you have the drive and ambition, get the training and go for it.

I was on the cheerleading squad and drama and the choir, but I was friends with everybody. I was not a partier. I was too Type A and crazy about my grades, but I was still there at everything.

You will have the highest of highs and the lowest of lows, just remember to always handle yourself with grace and dignity.

Life's too short. I'm not!

Laughter is life-giving. It makes you breathe.

I love live theater; I like the relationship between the show and the audience. That's my comfort zone, but more than anything, it's what makes me happy.

I'm constantly learning, and that is the greatest gift of life in my opinion - to always be learning and growing.

Oatmeal tastes so good on its own, you don't even need to add sugar.

Two scoops of crazy with a side of coo coo ca choo

I set about seeking a thread, a theme, a style, in the realm of legend. Something that might allow me to give free rein to my juvenile sense of romanticism and the beautiful image.

There is so much art can do to enlighten people, no matter what their views might be. If art can't go there or doesn't elevate the social consciousness in some way, then we are in peril.

An artist has got to be constantly in a state of becoming.

In all honesty, we never tried to get the number-one song anywhere anyway.

People see themselves as the center of the universe and judge everything as it relates to them.

Let people see your struggles and don't ever fake it.

Poetry makes people nervous. Especially in schools.

I left Scotland when I was 16 because I had no qualifications for anything but the Navy, having left school at 13.

Social media demands a lot of us on top of our already demanding lives. So let's disconnect as we need to and renew our interest and ourselves.