People tell me all the time that my songs help them express things to loved ones that they may not be able to say themselves.

I think writers are prone to hyperbole sometimes.

You learn so much from taking chances, whether they work out or not. Either way, you can grow from the experience and become stronger and smarter.

I was a busy kid in high school - a little bit of an overachiever, I guess. Prom king was kind of silly, but the rest of the stuff was important to me.

Soul is about authenticity. Soul is about finding the things in your life that are real and pure.

We all must follow a different path to let our light shine, and that's what makes us so unpredictable and unique.

The best way to fight poverty is to empower people through access to quality education

I keep learning, listening, growing and experimenting.

When we see people that are impoverished and people who are dealt an unfair hand, then if we have the power to help them, we should try to do that.

Love your curves and all your edges All your perfect imperfections

The future started yesterday, and we're already late.

because she should be sure in her soul that the most terrifying thing in the forest was her

Never look down on anybody unless you're helping them up.

Courage is as often the outcome of despair as of hope in the one case we have nothing to lose in the other everything to gain.

The soul needs more space than the body.

I know that some great actors can transform, and that's fine. But I come from the school of thought that people put a version of themselves in their films.

Don't be so petty. Sometimes you have to do business with people you don't like. It doesn't mean you have to be like them or like them.

Every burden on the back can become a gift in the hand.

My soul, sit thou a patient looker-on; Judge not the play before the play is done: Her plot hath many changes; every day Speaks a new scene; the last act crowns the play

Man only likes to count his troubles, but he does not count his joys.

Stop reading the news for a week; you will see that the world will turn from red to blue!