“My greatest pain in life is that I will never be able to see myself perform live.”

“Shoot for the stars, so if you fall you land on a cloud.”

“..my music isn't just music- its medicine.”

“I am not a fan of books.”

“Sometimes when I see a bad performance and people still clap... I wonder if they're clapping because they liked what they saw or because they're happy it's over?”

“Having money isn't everything, not having it is.”

“I shiver, thinking how easy it is to be totally wrong about people-to see one tiny part of them and confuse it for the whole, to see the cause and think it's the effect or vice versa”

“At sunrise everything is luminous but not clear.”

“I think it's impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves.”

“The more you talk about them, the more important they will feel. The more you listen to them, the more important you will make them feel.”

“My mother always says people should be able to take care of themselves, even if they're rich and important.”

“There is no job more important than parenting. This I believe.”

“Sometimes when I'm writing, I wonder if the words have a mind of their own, and if they're really just using me as a puppet to manifest themselves.”

“If we occupy our minds with self-loathing or negative thoughts, then maybe we dont have enough to do.”

“The more refined and subtle our minds, the more vulnerable they are.”