Some kids my age experiment with drugs, I experiment with music.

When I was 12, I first made the decision to go vegetarian after a co-star's line 'I don't eat anything with a face' suddenly shocked me into reality.

I want to speak up and tell you that mascara and clothes don't make you cool, neither do name-brand handbags, but being a leader can.

The biggest ingredient in a best friend is someone whose actions you respect and who you can truly be yourself around.

Picking a best friend who stands up for what she believes in, is true to herself and allows you to be yourself without judgement of how 'cool' you are? Well, now you're picking a friend for life.

If you're picking your best friend based on what kind of clothes she wears or how popular she is, chances are you aren't going to stay in touch after graduation.

I encourage all of you to seek out teachers and mentors that challenge you to think for yourself and guide you to find your own voice.

Taking away from someone else will never make you any better.

Growing up in the entertainment industry, I've had a lot of people tell me I'm not good enough.

I just always loved to perform and I was lucky enough to be in front of the right people at the right time!

For I may fall and I may fail but I will stand again each time and you will find no satisfaction.

Each person leaves a legacy -- a single, small piece of herself, which makes richer each individual life and the collective life of humanity as a whole.

Democracy demands trust. It demands that sense of mutual understanding. And - it's a two way street. You've got to give - as much as you take.

There's a lot of things that need to change. One specifically? Police brutality.

Kipling: Where's your sense of humor? Rebis: We're working on reconstructing it.

Writing a song is actually quite easy. Writing a good one is very, very difficult.

It does not seem possible to think of oneself as normal without thinking that some other kind of person is pathological.

A flourishing, morally credible media is a vital component in the maintenance of genuinely public talk, argument about common good.

My secret to success is that I've always loved good music and people.

I feel better. I feel hornier. I feel more womanly and more accomplished and prouder. [after having her daughter]