The smaller you strip things down, the more you depend on the songs and yourself, as opposed to arrangements.

Still when I'm a mess I still put on a vest With an 'S' on my chest Oh yes, I'm a Superwoman

Everything you want to be, you already are. You're simply on the path to discovering it.

Be driven, be focused, but enjoy every moment, because it only happens once.

Create the world you want, and fill it with the opportunities that matter to you.

I always want to stay focused on who I am, even as I'm discovering who I am.

Risk the fall to know how it feels to fly.

You're stronger, and you're better, and you're ready for whatever.

It's when we become afraid of everything and worried about everything that you are never going to reach your highest potential.

There's something so powerful about being my own gorgeous, beautiful, individual, unique self.

The more you know the stronger you become, the closer you feel to yourself and the farther you can go.

Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.

It was better for me when I could imagine greatness in others, even if it wasn't always there.

Whitman had a profound influence on me. That was during my sophomore year when I came down with a bad attack of Whitmanitis. But he did me a lot of good, and I think the influence is discoverable.

Books are the ever burning lamps of accumulated wisdom.

I've never had a humble opinion. If you've got an opinion, why be humble about it?

Affliction is able to drown out every earthly voice. . . but the voice of eternity within a person it cannot drown.

Unless you treat failure as part of the journey, you're never going to get anywhere.

I don't think one can question MS' leadership.

There, close enough to spit on--if I'd been a barbarian and inclined to spit--was the dragon.