one should never assume anything

Because never in my entire childhood did I feel like a child. I felt like a person all along―the same person that I am today.

Beyoncé don't get a lot of leaks. She just has a very tight control. Most of the time, that's generally not the case, but I pretty much follow her direction.

Fundamentally, Eva is just my life copied out onto film. I'm [still] alive, so the story hasn't finished.

Plus, teaching brings home to you very fast that you actually know nothing. I didn't realize that before.

The heart lies to itself because it must.

Oh, Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz - My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends.

It took me a sleeve of Girl Scout Thin Mints and forty minutes to get over that boy.

Music should be a collective magic and hysteria.

I probably will have to become more political down the road when my playing days are done, because I'm going to have to have the support of others to grow my foundation.

Absence of occupation is not rest.