With age comes wisdom and confidence, and I don't feel like I'm seeking approval as much as I used to from other people.

When someone has cancer, the whole family and everyone who loves them does, too.

Every picture's painted differently, every one has got a vision in their mind. That fills the heart with answers, and the missing piece that we hope to find.

It's nice to be able to engage with this fan base that I've worked to build, brick by brick.

Artists who write songs... what they're going through usually comes through in their music.

That's a song about reaching deep inside yourself where you can completely be who you are.

I'm not ready to retire, and I think I have some of the best music of my life coming up.

I want to keep people engaged and I want them to feel connected to what I'm doing.

I didn't want to go to hell, but even the idea of reclaining my halo scared me because it would mean leaving Aly.

My heart battered against my ribs, my breath stalled and I gazed up into his laughing, smiling eyes...eyes that suddently glowed crimson and cruel.

Don't be distracted by the noise going on. Pause & reflect. You'll realize how much time you've wasted on all that nonsense around you.

Do not allow your heart to take pleasure with the praises of people, nor be saddened by their condemnation.

The most important thing about translucent people is that their life has been deeply transformed by an awakening.

If you can't embrace both failure or the possibility of failure, or the tremendous fear of failure, you can't be wildly successful. It's just an axiomatic truth.

When you have passionate fans, they feel like they're a part of your career.

As fear is a close companion to falsehood, so truth follows fearlessness.

I suppose they're confident. I think younger guys love the idea of a divorced woman who's going to teach them how to be a man.

My candidacy is a compelling argument for my candidacy. I want to be President.

We either live with intention or exist by default.

One must act in painting as in life, directly.