There is an assumption that if you're young and pretty, you will get all these opportunities that are way beyond your musical foundation.

I’m not gonna sit around and waste my precious divine energy trying to explain and be ashamed of things you think are wrong with me.

You don't have to be fearless to do anything, you can be scared out of your mind.

When people say, "Oh, she plays like a dude," it's usually dudes who are the ones saying it. They're saying, "Oh, she's as good as us." Of course, that's a stupid statement.

Jazz has always been a melting pot of influences and I plan to incorporate them all.

Whoever you are, if you know what you're doing, you don't want other people to overtake the merit of your art.

I fear that I won't get better and that I won't have time to practice. To be called a "jazz musician" - it's a big responsibility.

I just think music is so intrinsically linked with images in the culture that we live in that youll be hard-pressed to have an experience with the music without a preconceived notion.

You can grow up with literally nothing and you don’t suffer if you know you’re loved and valued.

People are more used to seeing men who are masters at an instrument than women.

I am insubordinate by nature. I can't help it.

Today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well therefore to this day.

The only sin is the sin of being born

It is not our high purposes alone that make us moving creatures, but our humble needs and cravings.

All experience is an arch wherethrough gleams that untravelled world whose margin fades for ever and for ever when I move.

Financial literacy is an issue that should command our attention because many Americans are not adequately organizing finances for their education, healthcare and retirement.

I started out really into musical theater. So you can imagine I was super popular. I wasn't awkward looking at all.

Happiness is not at the top of the mountain, but in how to climb.

That's a question you'd have to present to people in the White House.

The dignity of man lies in his ability to face reality in all its meaninglessness.

People in the world pay little heed to reason where their own interests are involved.