Break the Shell”: “Child, it’s time to break the shell Life’s gonna hurt but it’s meant to be felt You cannot touch the sky from inside yourself You cannot fly until you break the shell.

I'm not the average girl from your video and I ain't built like a supermodel but I learned to love myself unconditionally because i am a queen

What did not demolish me simply polished me.

I heard a voice that told me I'm essential. How all my fears are limiting my potential. Said it's time to step into the light and use every bit of power i have inside.

In a world of smoke and ashes, you are milk and honey

Life is a journey, not a destination; there are no mistakes, just chances we've taken.

No matter what anybody says, what matters most is what you think of yourself.

The difference between living and feeling alive, is using your fear as fuel to fly.

Success is clarity of my intention....and reaching that intention while being true to myself and with joy.

I am not my hair I am not this skin I am not your expectations, no I am not my hair I am not this skin I am the soul that lives within.

What tried to demolish me, I allowed to polish me.

The dead to the grave, the living to the loaf.

All I want out of life is that when I walk down the street folks will say "There goes the greatest hitter who ever lived."

I don't put pressure on myself. I just compete.

Christmas is built upon a beautiful and intentional paradox; that the birth of the homeless should be celebrated in every home.

I thought people cared about music in a deep way, so I was writing to that spirit in people and in myself. It was me, thinking I knew what was up. Youth, who else can change the world?

I've never known a situation in my career where a terrible script turned into a movie that was out of this world or was a success.

You have to plan a lot and you have to be really smart about how you're spending your money.

Make the Universal personal and you become richer, wiser and stronger. Make the personal Universal and you will find freedom, compassion and love

The Heart and core of everything here is good, that whatever may be the surface waves, deep down and underlying everything, there is an infinite basis of Goodness and Love.

I guess I'm up to about 70% of normal, which is a real relief. My doctor gave me clearance to go out in public again, so I've been able to go to the store and help out a little bit around the house.