I wouldn't say I was bullied per se, but I did get a lot of unwanted attention because I was musical and stood out. In school you don't want to stand out; you want to blend in.

The ideal situation would be to bypass all of the drama and mayhem and just get the music right to the people. I'm confident that we'll eventually figure it out.

I'm glad I started so young, because you are really able to endure so much at that age.

One of my favorite songs from the album is a song called 'For Better or Worse,' and it's basically about unconditional love, which is, I'd say, an ongoing theme in my personal life.

I'm kind of a quirky dresser usually. Like today, I'm actually pretty put together, but I dress kind of off sometimes, but that's just part of my personality.

Think with your heart, speak with your soul.

I think that celebrities should never underestimate their power. I mean just to draw attention, because then people get involved on a personal level.

I've learned to have a sense of humor about myself. Lord knows everyone else does!

Being on stage is what I enjoy.

I've managed to keep my career going in a way that suits me. I'll perform, and then I'll go home to my actual life, and I've never been so visible.

I used to want to be the quickest, loudest, and sharpest. I think as time has gone on, I've gotten more relaxed.

Biology includes the study of the human death which began when you took your first breath

A businessman is a hybrid of a dancer and a calculator.

I've had several really tangible dreams about UFOs, and they've been amazing!

All mothers go through the exact same things.

The body of literature, with its limits and edges, exists outside some people and inside others. Only after the writer lets literature shape her can she perhaps shape literature.

For the first time, I had been struck by the excitement of the traveler who looks history in her subtle face.

Once you commit to something, you've got to commit the whole way. Try and make the best of it.

I'm blacked than midnight on Broadway and Myrtle

A sweeping statement is the only statement worth listening to. The critic without faith gives balanced opinions, usually about second-rate writers.

The scientist is indistinguishable from the common man in his sense of evidence, except that the scientist is more careful.