When you're the most happening person at the party, it's time to leave

I believe all women know in their heart of hearts that they truly are divine and magical, even if they've temporarily forgotten.

When you're following your inner voice, doors tend to eventually open for you, even if they mostly slam at first.

After all, you can't truly be happy if you've never known pain. You can't truly feel joy if you've never felt heartbreak. You can't know what it's like to be filled unless you've been empty.

In breaking away from the familiar and the expected, you'll be forced and privileged to face greater challenges, learn harder lessons, and really get to know yourself.

But while my inner voice was clearly telling me I was at my core an entrepreneur, it's inconvenient to decide at twenty-three that you can't really work for other people.

You find out who you are by figuring out who and what you're not

Things will change: you won't feel this way forever. And anyway, sometimes the hardest lessons to learn are the ones your soul needs most.

Dreams won't always take you on a straight path to destiny, but they're usually related to what your soul wants for you.

There is no "right" way--only the way that is put before you.

Remember, no matter how hard your life is right now, it would be worse if a song by Chicago was playing.

Success is like a mirror: It reflects back to you exactly what you held up before it.

Because I grew up playing for Roma and I want to die playing for Roma, because I have always been a Roma's fan!

I think that freshness and that innocence is something that is missing from a lot of female singers. I'm certainly not denying that I'm young, but I'm not fluff.

In Manhattan, I often do two or three or more shows a night, so I'm always working on new material.

Looking back, I think I tried to be too eclectic. Sometimes I'd sing thirty songs, and fifteen of them were not in English.

Further, I'm obsessed with how language contorts and creates bodies.

I was raised on the values of speaking up and making a positive difference in a very political family that believed in the importance of public service.

I don't believe in one ideal beauty.