If Jennifer Lopez could write songs like Fiona Apple's, she wouldn't have to spend so many hours at the gym.

I am laughably aggressive, and the rest of the band is very laid back, so we mix well.

I was always embarrassed because my dad wore a suit and my mother wore flat pumps and a cozy jumper while my friends' parents were punks or hippies.

A lot of celebrities just want money, fame, power, fancy cars, houses all over the world and have people BOW DOWN to them. To me, that's frightful behaviour.

Mozart was a punk, which people seem to forget. He was a naughty, naughty boy.

People don't associate red hair, pale skin, and freckles with beauty.

I want to hear an alternative viewpoint, and I don't want girls to be defanged and declawed and pretty and mute.

No, I like being a role model because I know how much comfort my musical idols brought me.

I have women who offer to sleep with me all the time. But not men. They're all talk and nay action - as we'd say in Scotland.

I think it's a great thing to have failed in life and then pulled yourself up by the boot straps and actually done something, because then you appreciate it more.

I say embrace the total geek in yourself and just enjoy it. Life is too short to be cool.

Grace is giving yourself a free pass and realizing that it isn't free at all.

She ran the harder and zagged more erratically, and in the wreckage left from the hurricane the girl misjudged her path and ran straight into the old well. She didn’t even scream.

Just because we didn't work out as a couple didn't mean we couldn't work together, right?

All wisdom is rooted in learning to call things by the right name. When things are properly identified, they fall into natural categories and understanding becomes orderly.

We have more indolence in the mind than in the body.

Never stop believing you can fulfill your dreams.

The best moment is when you walk into a bookstore and see a pile of your books - that is the oddest experience in the world!

Share the wealth. Be generous with your joy. Give away what you most want. Be generous with your insights and delights.

The goal of prayer is not just the sharing of our ideas, but also of ourselves.

You might not agree with something, but it doesn't mean you don't need to listen to it. White people have to accept that they don't always know about racism.