When I left the West Coast I was a liberal. When I landed in New York I was a revolutionary.

Ted needs someone to be there 100% of the time. He thinks that's love. It's not love - it's babysitting.

It's never too late - never too late to start over, never too late to be happy.

You don’t learn from successes; you don’t learn from awards; you don’t learn from celebrity; you only learn from wounds and scars and mistakes and failures. And that’s the truth.

Stay curious, keep learning and keep growing. And always strive to be more interested than interesting.

To be a revolutionary you have to be a human being. You have to care about people who have no power.

Telling lies and showing off to get attention are mistakes I made that I don't want my kids to make.

I have a confidence about my life that comes from standing tall on my own two feet.

We are not meant to be perfect; we are meant to be whole

The more you treat yourself positively, the less you'll want or need to be negative.

The glow and energy of the healthy woman is the ultimate beauty, the only beauty that will last.

To be set free, turn away from your sins. And return to God of great mercy.

It was too lonely to be heaven, and there wouldn't be stars in hell.

My heart stutters—not why? or how?—those are not the important questions. The really important question is: by whom?

Mathematics knows no races or geographic boundaries; for mathematics, the cultural world is one country.

My old man was a musician - that's what he did for a living. And like most fathers, occasionally he'd let me visit where he worked. So I started going to his recording studio, and I really dug it.

The task is not to perfect yourself, it's to perfect your love.

I am able to talk about my life in a way that helps other women - and men, but mostly women - understand their own life. I feel real proud of that.

I definitely use 'smiling while rapping' as a tool in the booth. I want to have fun while recording.

Sometimes, unfortunately, when we make choices there are consequences but, ultimately, the longer we keep things down and hold them secret, the longer the enemy can use them against us.

Your cadence is your music.