Music is one of the only inanimate things we have left. It can still be mystical, magical and awe-inspiring

Because of my Portuguese heritage, I have an interest in all of the instrumentation that comes from Portugal and Brazil as well.

I'm into cotton underwear. I don”t need cheetah print leather to make me feel sexy.

When you're scrambling to fill the void in your life and you feel like you're drowning... we all yearn to hear that one friend's voice, say: "You're going to get through this."

I'm channelling my 14-year-old self. She's thinking about putting on her big hoop earrings and baggy pants and going to the mall downtown.

We may look great on Instagram, but we're still lonely and depressed and anxiety-ridden. I hope, for the sake of our future generations, that our moral compass stays intact.

Our connection to nature grounds us, it makes us more spiritually aware. We must keep the legacy of nature materially alive for future generations.

Art and life go together. I have to have a life filled with experiences to make art, and I have to have art around me to live well.

You can have the best of intentions and think you're doing the right thing but you fall down when you're going against your own instinct.

When you follow your heart, you always win and it feels so good.

I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away...

They were full of suspicion and wonder, which I had grown to recognize as two very dangerous things.

Merin smiled. "I fought in battle and your mother bore two children. Of the two of us, I think she was the courageous one.

You can critique her writing, but not her lifestyle.

Positive emotions and mental states may make people more resilient to stress, like sturdy tree branches that bend but don’t break when battered by a storm

The nonchalance irritated her more because it was not assumed.

After silence that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.

Gospel possession requires gospel proclamation.

Church - Come here to learn, go forth to serve.

I always advise eating regular meals — a mix of healthy carbs, protein and fruits and veggies.

I knew her well enough to understand that when Delia pushed you away, it was her way of making sure she didn't get shoved first.