Weight isn't a factor in nutritional health.

You are more powerful than you know; you are beautiful just as you are.

Be strong, believe in who you are; be strong, believe in what you feel.

It was tough being a single mom. It was tough being in a divorce with children. Very, very hard.

Don't let anyone tell you that you have to be a certain way. Be unique. Be what you feel.

The sign says do not enter, no trespassing allowed. With visions of redemption I walk against the crowd.

We are getting older, and we are getting wiser, and we are getting freer. And when you get the wisdom and the truth, then you get the freedom and you get power, and then look out. Look out.

I can be a rock star with a television show and still have a self-esteem problem. So it's nice to have your dad go, 'Hey Melissa, I'm proud of you - you're doing good.'

There will always be someone else with a different view than you. I appreciate them and would never say that they are wrong. I hope that they would give me that courtesy also.

I feel my heart break to see a nation ripped apart by it's own greatest strength - it's diversity.

There's a point when your tape of life runs off the reel and there's this stillness of your own - I got to know myself.

If don’t want to be eliminated, you must be innovative. Update your knowledge and you won’t be outmoded.

Lots of the bands [in New Orleans] couldn't read too much music. So they used a fiddle to play the lead - a fiddle player could read - and that was to give them some protection.

As someone who makes his living as an actor, my routine varies almost every day.

My biggest complaint about customer service is that I am put on hold too long.

A global awakening can only happen from a spiritual awakening that is of global dimensions.

I would like it to be said: here lies a man who has done his duty on earth

There are times when product is more important than people and sometimes the people are more important than the product.

The best way to handle good fortune is to do something positive and useful with it. The best way to handle misfortune is exactly the same.

You don't have to be alone to feel alone.

I'm not an Internet artist, I didn't get discovered on the Internet - I got discovered pushing my mix tapes on the street, walking on foot, going to parties, passing them out.