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.

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.

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.

The benefit of the radio is, something beyond your realm of knowledge can surprise you, can enter your realm of knowledge.

If you want to get the top position in the society then you have to be do something difference for the society.

Women must be full partners in development, so they can lift themselves and their communities out of poverty.

‎[Melisandre] "His Grace is growing fond of you." [Jon] "I can tell. He only threatened to behead me twice." Page 58

I've been told I'm an old soul, but I'm only 25. I have the old with the new in me, and my house reflects that.

Ralph Lauren and Valentino have a lot of common. Ralph Lauren was one of the first really to put himself at the center of the story, and Valentino was even earlier.

I like my song-sequences in my movies, but one of the things I like about them, is I get in and I get out.

Possibilitas tua mensura tua'(What is possible to you is what you will be measured by).

The desire to rule is the mother of heresies.

You never work for somebody else. Someone else might sign your check, but you're the one who fills in the amount.