It's not the circumstances that determine who you're gonna be but how you deal with these problems and pains that come your way.

The stories that are too personally vulnerable to write are the ones that must be told.

Trying to find a heart that's not walking away.

If you make people think they're thinking they'll like you, but if you make people actually think, then watch out, you're not going to be popular.

Life's too short to stay where we are.

I love creating moments that feel bigger than just like an artist on stage.

The songs that you start to write that you are a little scared of can be the ones that you have to tell.

As my uncle always says, 'If your vibe outweighs your substance, you're destined to be a novelty.' I think that is true in all art.

As an artist, you just want to keep creating, keep finding a place that really inspires you that feels fresh and new and keep it exciting.

Don't apologize for all the tears you've cried, you've been way too strong now for all your life.

I guess we're all one phone call from our knees

Imagination is Everything!

I am thankful and blessed to be in a position where I have learned as much from those that have taught me as I have from those that I continue to teach.

Gordon Brown now bestrides politics and the media like the Colossus of Dunfermline. Whatever happened to Tony Blair?

For some reason if we hear 100 praises and one criticism, we focus on that one hurtful thing.

I want to keep making records as long as I can and that's the beginning and end of my concern about selling records.

It was a shame, but as Ron said, you couldn't have everything in life.

When I was thinking about The Lion King, I said, we have to do what theater does best. What theater does best is to be abstract and not to do literal reality.

Facility is an obstacle to any creativeness. In any art form. You get a nice effect without effort, sometimes by accident, and you're satisfied; but there's nothing substantial underneath.

I've often written about places that are totally different from anything I know. Sometimes they turn out better.

All schoolchildren are hostages to red tape and fiscal insufficiency.