If you're making art, you are not separate from your brand.

If you round out your edges, you lose your edge.

Being your true self is the most effective formula for success there is.

It's not the imbalances of life that will get you down-it's doing meaningless things that aren't taking you where you want to go.

You don't have to be fearless. Just be sincere.

The secret to success: Do what you say you're going to do.

Knowing how you actually want to feel is the most potent form of clarity that you can have.

First. get clear on how you want to feel. Then, do stuff that makes you feel that way.

We must have the daring to be nothing but ourselves if we are to know what true power is.

Shift your energy from protecting yourself from failure to squeezing the life out of life.

The journey has to feel the way you want the destination to feel.

Do you know what we Turks think is the best Turkish delight? The Turkish woman. She is the best Turkish delight.

Music is spiritual. The music business is not.

As cruel as life might be at times, if you throw in the towel, which is what everyone will expect, then nothing good will happen and your life will fall apart. Be better than that!

Don't have good ideas if you aren't willing to be responsible for them.

I am just like any other girl, a sucker for romance.

There's no more personal issue than gun violence; every one of these stories is a life lost, i'm hoping that over the long term, as I tell these stories, that it will help to open people's eyes.

There is no group in America that can withstand the force of an aroused public opinion.

the distinction between 'prejudice' and 'principle' is itself a matter of prejudice.

You cannot win a battle in any arena merely by defending yourself.

The more God gives you, the more responsible he expects you to be.