I always felt like I could combine good pop songs that are easy for people to like with a real person and a real mind and integrity.

The orchid is Mother Nature's masterpiece.

The two things I did learn were that you are as powerful and strong as you allow yourself to be, and that the most difficult part of any endeavor is taking the first step, making the first decision.

We have a need to be religious, we need to worship, we need to build totems and shrines and icons, but nobody's sure in honor of what.

I've got big hips and a big body. I'm double, triple the size of other models - and I embrace that - I own it.

An un-named song is like an un-named child, it has no identity.

The good Lord in his ultimate wisdom gave us three things to make life bearable: hope, jokes, and dogs, but the greatest of these was dogs.

And there are new kinds of nomads, not people who are at home everywhere, but who are at home nowhere. I was one of them

I believe when you’re stuck in one spot for too long it’s best to throw a grenade where you stand, and jump…and pray.

When there is no one to remind you what society's rules are, and there is nothing to keep you linked to that society, you had better be prepared for some startling changes.

I experienced that sinking feeling you get when you know you have conned yourself into doing something difficult and there's no going back.

‎A day in which I don't write leaves a taste of ashes.

I have no clue if it's true and I don't much want to look, but I bet a war happens inside the cocoon.

Entrepreneurship is an art, you do it because you love it.

When our gospel promotes too much miracles, we are telling people that it is normal for them to expect something from nothing.

I am not a hero but the brave men who died deserved this honor.

Geological change usually takes thousands of years to happen but we are seeing the climate changing not just in our lifetimes but also year by year.

I escaped from slavery and became a leading abolitionist and speaker.

I must endure...for the world for the children.

If somebody says I am better than Roger, I think this person doesn't know anything about tennis.

Boredom is the self being stuffed with itself.