My bulimia was my addiction. Hurting myself was my addiction... The music is what saved me. That's the only thing I can trust.

It’s important to be fearless yet vulnerable. It takes courage to do both.

I think shoulders are sexier than cleavage.

If believing in yourself and going after what you want in life and realising your worth is ruthless and selfish, then I'm definitely ruthless and selfish.

I don't really believe in diets. I love food... If I deprive myself, I'm going to want it more. I snack on yogurt, raw cashews and cherry tomatoes.

Confidence comes with maturity, being more accepting of yourself.

Girl power is about loving yourself and having confidence and strength from within, so even if you’re not wearing a sexy outfit, you feel sexy.

When I go onstage, I kind of turn into a beast sometimes, this alter-ego, you know.

I've always had a fighter's spark in me. I was born with it. I think it's in my blood.

It takes time to really understand your body shape and it's taken me years to know what I can and can't pull off.

Once you stay true to just having a good time and being honest to your fans and your audience, you can't go wrong.

You must never behave as if your life belongs to a man. Do you hear me?” Aunty Ifeka said. “Your life belongs to you and you alone.

Friday night was the night most people thought they were supposed to have fun. Trouble was most people didn't know what fun was or how to have it, so things usually ended up pretty ugly.

Losing your family... it puts fear in a different perspective, Chase had once told me.

How can you trust people who are poor and own no property? ... Inequality of property will exist as long as liberty exists.

In a late-night monologue, it's not just about being funny; you have to come off as knowledgeable. You have to cultivate a persona of trust and intelligence and likeability.

Meanness is more in half-doing than in omitting acts of generosity.

I have a pretty easy life.

Canada and space are a natural fit.

My images are unashamedly idyllic and romantic, a kind of enchanted Africa. They're my elegy to a world that is steadily, tragically vanishing.

Kindred objects kindred thoughts inspire, As summer clouds flash forth electric fire.