My strength is in my ability to be versatile.

Being a songwriter requires versatility while being an artist requires you to create a cohesive body of work. I truly enjoy both.

Taking constructive criticism from others is required to get to the next level.

No matter what you're going through, there is no temporary feeling or circumstance that can take away the core of who you are.

Home is a place from which you can draw strength.

The people who come out on top in music business have persistence. It is key! Fall down seven times; stand up eight. It takes a lot of courage and an unwavering belief in yourself and your abilities.

Everyone faces challenges from the fierce competition as well as the manipulative crooks that are rampant throughout the music business.

I have certainly faced my fair share and will likely come across more. These experiences have been fuel for my music. Facing these challenges has forced me to recognize my own inner strength.

Knowing how to market yourself and your press materials is key.

In Europe, radio stations are owned by a variety of different entities, so there is less uniformity on radio programming and more opportunity for artists to get radio play and break overseas.

Many artists who sign deals in the US and UK get the benefit of worldwide promotion and have a better shot at breaking globally.

A person doesn't know how much he has to be thankful for until he has to pay taxes on it.

A dream is a massive magic trick of the mind. No amount of science could explain away the mysterious wonder.

I keep waiting to be invited to the hip hop party, I've never been. So if there's anyone out there who is having a hip hop party, I'd like to come.

No man ever quite believes in any other man. One may believe in an idea absolutely, but not in a man.

Once artists are expected to shock, it's that much harder for them to do so.

Like world describers before me, those mapmakers in the seventeenth centure, I had laid down my first faintly drawn border. With that one tentative mark, my world expanded by a few freeing degrees.

It's a new low for actresses when you have to wonder what is between her ears instead of her legs.

I'm really happy with my life now, but there's a lot of stuff I feel very sad about in ways I can't even control.

Enjoy your food, enjoy your life.

I'm finally just relaxed and comfortable with who I am.