My mum was too busy raising four of us to encourage my hopes. But I'm glad I had the upbringing I did. It made me a worrier and a thoughtful, curious person.

I feel more confident if my makeup looks good.

How long will I love you? As long as stars are above you, And longer if I may

One of the most powerful feelings in the world is after a really, really long run.

I feel like my figure is a challenge because I'm quite flat chested but I've got a booty so I've got to look for the right things.

I take inspiration from everything around me, also relationships and friends. And the inside of my crazy head.

I believe in the moment of things and fate and things happening for a reason, so I write things down and I trust it.

My soul is to sell. The dark is too hard to beat 'cause they're calling me.

Even if a relationship doesn't work out, you can always take something positive from something negative. You never know what's around the corner.

What people don't understand is that how you are as an artist depends on how you are emotionally.

Apparently I'm introspective... levelheaded... but at the same time, absolutely insane.

Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.

Degrees do not matter... one does not bargain about inches of evil.

I gave a very dear friend of mine my humanitarian award. Because you don't need an award to be, or not be, a humanitarian.

The best teacher is not the one who knows most but the one who is most capable of reducing knowledge to that simple compound of the obvious and wonderful.

The Buddhist concept is that it takes 48 days to get near this state [of death]. So it's a slow process, moving into, not a permanent death, but the world of the dead.

No one should be surprised just because somebody isn't successful 100 percent of the time.

Love remains a secret even when spoken, for only a true lover truly knows that he is loved.

I know what a good man is because I saw it in my father.

I went to Vortex and Vortex is a whole 'nother story.

The way to write American music is simple. All you have to do is be an American and then write any kind of music you wish.