It's interesting to do other people's music - that's how I learned to play, by learning other people's songs. It's nice to delve into how other people got to where they are.

Her beauty cannot be measured with standards of a colonized mind

Any ideas of “other” are complicated, and otherness is relative to personal ideas of “normal.”

Once you encounter people who are really testing the limits of kindness, that's when you start to build up a shield and close yourself down.

I'm becoming more and more apolitical - I think the most revolutionary thing you can do is just live your life and have a good time. Before they scoop you up on the street or you die.

Your yes means nothing if you can't say no.

Music is like a lover that I can't commit to, but I seem to always find myself in bed with.

I am here no longer just a vision birthed into this body I accept my praise, my blame, my joy, my sorrow I realize we are, in truth, the truth we seek God, perfect this very moment.

It's hard being bisexual, omnisexual, multisexual, whatever you want to call it, when people have their agenda and expect you to just represent their agenda.

I stopped beating up on myself. I stopped asking myself why I didn't sell this number of records, why I don't have corporate sponsorship. I just don't buy into any of that anymore.

My legacy is in my family, not in my work. For me. I don't know about for other people. I try to forget a lot.

An anti-hero is just a villain you spend a lot of time with.

They say that 'life is full of choices, ' but the only choice that I see is living on the bright side of life.

It’s easy to be brave wheneverything is going your way.When the going gets tough, it takes courage to followthe path you believe in.

I'm in a space of surrendering and being open and seeing. It's a good place to be - the only place to be.

Because I want to; because I must; because now and forever more this is where I belong to be.

If we can take the time to mute the noise we've build around ourselves the rhythm of the heartbeats and the purpose may be clear.

I hate the word "inevitable" because I feel like things don't have to be the way they are.

Rigor is not a substitute for imagination.

I am quite spiritual. I believed in the fairies when I was a child. I still do sort of believe in the fairies. And the leprechauns. But I don't believe in God.

Now you see how you are, the wisdom mixed in with all the scars.