I was listening to Jimi Hendrix; I just admire his artistry and creativity as an artist.

You can do anything you put your heart, mind and soul into. Far more than you can imagine. Be fearless. Do it.

All I ever wanted, all I ever needed was a father.

I think when you move past your fear and you go after your dreams wholeheartedly, you become free.

We're going to raise a lot of money for cancer awareness, give some to the American Cancer Society and hopefully make a big difference.

She had a big ole booty, I was doing my duty.

Stay focused, go after your dreams and keep moving toward your goals.

You can't let your past hold your future hostage.

Sometimes you've just got to grab an apple - or grapes, or strawberries. Something that's healthy but maybe a little bit more adventurous, if you can see fruit as adventurous.

When adversity strikes, that's when you have to be the most calm. Take a step back, stay strong, stay grounded and press on.

Like your booty don't stink.

The most painful moments and memories eventually lead to the greatest strengths and growth in life.

The secret of gospel change is being convinced that Jesus is the good life and the fountain of joy. Any alternative we might choose would be the letdown.

There is nothing in life but refraining from hurting others and comforting those that are sad.

You keep insisting, I feel good because the world is right! Wrong! The world is right because I feel good. That's what all the mystics are saying.

As I look back now, I really feel like God has called me not just to speak into the lives of believers but, even broader than that, to speak into the lives of people that are outside of the Church.

This sign I give you: every people speaks its tongue of good and evil, which the neighbor does not understand. It has invented its own language of customs and rights.

The second you go back to eating right, you're going to put that weight on. You eat one piece of bread and you are screwed, lady!

God has the experience that comes from billions of years.

Whatever you have lived, you can write & by hard work & a genuine apprenticeship, you can learn to write well; but what you have not lived you cannot write, you can only pretend to write it.

When I call on Jesus, all things are possible.