I still listen to older music a lot more than new singers. I listen to whatever's on the radio, but when I want to listen to something that moves me I put on a Stevie Wonder record.

If you believe in yourself enough and know what you want, you're gonna make it happen.

After every storm, if you look hard enough, a rainbow appears.

I'm not great at putting my hair into a bun, but I'll do it if I have to.

I'm proud of what I am and who I am, and I'm just going to be myself.

when you feel like hope is gone, look inside you and be strong and you'll finally see the truth- that hero lies in you.

It's kinda like being on a roller coaster. If you don't get on the ride, you won't experience the adventure.

This is for all of you out there tonight, reaching for a dream - don't ever give up! Never ever listen to anyone, when they try to discourage you, because they do that, believe me!

Whatever you're going through in your life, don't ever give up.

Everybody Out There....Dont take ANYBODY for granted.Cause you never know when you might lose them,and you may never get the chance to tell them how you really feel

I just want one day off when I can go swimming and eat ice cream and look at rainbows.

Anybody have the right to defend himself by carrying a gun but nobody have the right to kill others because he is carrying a gun

See that's exactly why I don't want a dog." "Why?" "Because it'll just die." "Everybody dies, Brooklyn." Like that makes it okay or something.

What I worry about is climate change, because that would have untold effects that we can't even measure yet.

I was never encouraged to do it and I played the accordion, which I hated. I wish I had taken piano because I definitely would have written more songs of my own, but I didn't.

Equality of opportunity is freedom, but equality of outcome is repression.

Artists have been getting ripped off since the beginning of time, probably. But on the other hand, it might be nice to write songs. We certainly could.

I try to make fun of myself and let people know that I�m a human being, and these things that have happened to me are real. I�m not just some cartoon who exists and suddenly doesn�t exist.

We wants it, we needs it. Must have the precious. They stole it from us. Sneaky little hobbitses. Wicked, tricksy, false!

If God made me a princess, why didn't he take a little more time and make my hair so it wouldn't snarl?

My favorite record I've ever done is Rock Salt and Nails. It was recorded in '68-'69 and released in '69. There's something about that record I really like.