I don't want to be the next anyone. I just want to be me, now. And that means all different things.

Live your life with arms wide open. Today is where your book begins. The rest is still unwritten.

Surround yourself with friends who only call you a superstar

Feel the rain on your skin, no one else can feel it for you.

The pen is in your hands, the rest is still unwritten.

I bruise easily so be gentle when you handle me.

A lot of my songs are about taking whatever life throws at you and making the most of it.

Staring at the blank page before you, Open up the dirty window, Let the sun illuminate the words that you could not find.

Write your own songs. It helps you to mean what you're singing, which will then make it mean something to listeners.

I love arranging my music, not in alphabetical order but by mood, creating playlists for when I have energy and want to work out or go-out party mixes and music to chill out to.

I know I should keep this a secret, but Celine Dion is something of an icon to me.

Knowing too much of your future is never a good thing.

The life of Shakespeare is a fine mystery and I tremble every day lest something turn up.

And we, from within the sigh of the trees, and the soft moss underfoot, and the calling of night birds, watched him as he watched, gazing where he should not.

There are no good guys or bad guys. Not really

Having the strength to tune out negativity and remain focused on what I want gives me the will and confidence to achieve my goals.

The purpose of photography is to create an emotion about the world through what has been carefully seen and selected.

For some reason I seem to be a massive hit with middle-aged women. I seriously don't know what it is.

It made me strong.I took a step back, near my whole self in the mirror.I pushed back my shoulders and raised my chin, my back straight as an arrow.

Faith is the problem. Faith is unreliable way to think about problems that will not lead to the truth.

We're in greater danger today than we were the day after Pearl Harbor. Our military is absolutely incapable of defending this country.