People like to tear you down. People are always going to take shots. You've just got to go for it.

My guitar is not a thing. It is an extension of myself. It is who I am.

You got nothing to lose. You don't lose when you lose fake friends.

Don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t do something. Make your own victories. Make your own mistakes.

Girls have got balls. They're just a little higher up, that's all.

Other people will call me a rebel, but I just feel like I'm living my life and doing what I want to do. Sometimes people call that rebellion, especially when you're a woman.

I think I was born strong-willed. That's not the kind of thing you can learn. The advantage is, you stick to what you believe in and rarely get pushed out of what you want to do.

You want to have butterflies in your stomach, because if you don't, if you walk out onstage complacent, that's not a good thing.

I figured out it was a social thing, what women were allowed to do. At a very young age, I decided I was not going to follow women's rules.

Success isn't one straight line - it's a ladder, and there's always another rung above you to reach out for. Like anything else, there are ups and downs.

I don't give a damn about my reputation. You're living in the past, it's a new generation.

Instinct is a marvelous thing. It can neither be explained nor ignored.

Who is your opponent tonight, tonight I am playing against the Black pieces

Youth condemns; maturity condones

Fear builds walls to bar the light.

Negative feedback is better that none. I would rather have a man hate me than overlook me. As long as he hates me I make a difference.

All praise to the masters indeed, but we too could produce a Kant or a Hugo.

The search "Who am I"...ends in the annihilation of the illusory "I" and the Self which remains over will be as clear as a gooseberry in the palm of one's hand.

There are some who've forgotten why we have a military. It's not to promote war, it's to be prepared for peace.

I don't have any room in my heart for that character [Kevin McCallister ]. I like the actor [Macaulay Culkin], but the character, no.

The people who should be here aren’t. The ones who should be smiling with me aren’t here.