I write songs for people who drive in cars. I really do.

You are more powerful than you know; you are beautiful just as you are.

Be strong, believe in who you are; be strong, believe in what you feel.

It was tough being a single mom. It was tough being in a divorce with children. Very, very hard.

Don't let anyone tell you that you have to be a certain way. Be unique. Be what you feel.

The sign says do not enter, no trespassing allowed. With visions of redemption I walk against the crowd.

We are getting older, and we are getting wiser, and we are getting freer. And when you get the wisdom and the truth, then you get the freedom and you get power, and then look out. Look out.

I can be a rock star with a television show and still have a self-esteem problem. So it's nice to have your dad go, 'Hey Melissa, I'm proud of you - you're doing good.'

There will always be someone else with a different view than you. I appreciate them and would never say that they are wrong. I hope that they would give me that courtesy also.

I feel my heart break to see a nation ripped apart by it's own greatest strength - it's diversity.

There's a point when your tape of life runs off the reel and there's this stillness of your own - I got to know myself.

Like most girls, her imagination carried her just as far as the altar and no further.

Maybe all that silence about my brother did something to me. I think it did. Not talking can make a guy pretty lonely

To live consciously and courageously, to resonate with kindness and respect, to awaken the true spirit within others and to leave this world better than it was when i found it.

It's crazy how the world evolves and the audience gives you an opportunity to really grow and live out your dreams.

Thinking is to man what flying is to birds. Don’t follow the example of a chicken when you could be a lark.

We only begin to live life when we learn to accept it on its own terms.

Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to?

If it wasn't for me, I'd do brilliantly.

Even if it is only for a matter of moments, because those moments bring with them a Love so intense that it justifies the rest of our days.

All flight is based upon producing air pressure, all flight energy consists in overcoming air pressure.