The one thing about going from the audience to the stage in just three years is that you know how it feels to be down there.

You don't love me. If you really knew me, you wouldn't love me. You love who you think I am. And don't pretend that you know me. Because I don't even know myself.

I know I was born and I know that I'll die... The in between is mine. I Am Mine

It's saying, just stop, and be together. Don't talk now, just breathe and feel each other's presence.

Music's at its best when it has a purpose.

I knew all the rules but the rules did not know me.

The smallest oceans still make big big waves.

Music saved me; I mean, my upbringing was like a hurricane, and music was the tree I held onto.

It's a mystery to me; We have a greed, with which we have agreed. You think you have to want more than you need. Until you have it all, you won't be free.

The love received is the love that is saved.

I've got my indignation but I'm pure in all my thoughts.

Failing to win is not important, but failing to participate is.

I know I can't own a hilltop, a meadow, or a mountainside. But keeping it a secret somehow makes it mine.

You can curse the sun a thousand times, but cannot keep it from shining, even for a day.

The best form of flattery is to be admired, imitated or respected. I've always felt proud our fans look up to us or feel we are inspirational.

A woman who thinks she is intelligent demands the same rights as man. An intelligent woman gives up.

No one pays me to be nice.

They'd rather see me fail than succeed, That's why I'm alone on my own with no team. Don't need no green, though I got some to spend; In the end...all I really need is a friend.

Maybe we should all just listen to records and quit our jobs

A man who loves himself takes the first step towards real love.

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