My dad is adorably optimistic, positive, pie-in-the-sky. He thinks every new song I write is my best. He sells T-shirts at my merchandise stands and hands out guitar picks to fans.

I'm captivated by you, baby, like a firework show.

I'm shining like fireworks over your sad, empty town

you're an expert at sorry and keeping the lines blurry

You are the only one who gets to decide what you will be remembered for.

Believe in everything you do. Believe in your mistakes and grow from them.

No matter how bad your day is, just be grateful this day is added to your life.

I still love writing in my journal and wearing sparkly dresses and looking at old chandeliers.

People are going to judge you anyway, so you might as well do what you want.

I think every girl's dream is to find a bad boy at the right time, when he wants to not be bad anymore.

I wish all teenagers can filter through songs instead of turning to drugs and alcohol.

Faith has size.

It is wrong to assume that art needs the spectator in order to be. The film runs on without any eyes. The spectator cannot exist without it. It insures his existence.

I don't really go to clubs so I don't know what sounds are made there.

With the advent of Trump Tower Live, the campaign's new nightly broadcast, streamed over Facebook, rumors are once again, swirling of a potential Trump media empire to be launched after the election.

[O]ften art has judged the judges, pleaded revenge to the innocent and shown to the future what the past suffered, so that it has never been forgotten. . . .

My sons are very protective and loving towards me, but I don't know what's in their secret minds about me.

A writer writes. Period. No matter if someone is buying your work or not.

Remember two matters and forget two matters; 1. Remember Allah (SWT) and death. 2. Forget any good that you have done to another and any evil that was done to you by another

Education doesn't just take place in stuffy classrooms and university buildings, it can happen everywhere, every day to every person.

You get yourself prepared for a big game, you get yourself up for it. Then afterwards you don't sleep or eat properly.