I am a feminist, but I'm not an extremist. I know what feminism is, but I'm not all women empowerment, marching in the streets. I'm not a die-hard girl's girl.

I don't choose my friends based on how they treat each other, I choose them based on how they treat me.

I'm more about what's right than having the girl's back no matter what.

Love is divine force.

Here have I come to die, ' he said, 'and where else could I ask to die but in your arms?

At an early age, I started my own paper route. Once I saw how you could service people and do a good job and get paid for it, I just wanted to be the best I could be in whatever I did.

There's smoke in my iris, but I painted a sunny day on the insides of my eyelids

The idea is to just stop. Just wait. Don't react. Therein lies the whole universe. Just don't react.

I embrace the imperfections and celebrate them.

A tan is the best accessory for any outfit!

For me now, it's about what you would write and what you wouldn't write, and that's how I select what I am going to do. It can be quite nice being brought a concept by a studio for me to work on.

I think that the older you get, the more you become your true, essential self. You find the things that make you happy. You whittle away the parts of yourself that mean less to you.

Well, being a jazz musician is not a rose garden!