One of my goals from really early on was that if I was ever fortunate enough to be successful in music, I would want to stay the same person and the same songwriter.

I'm captivated by you, baby, like a firework show.

I'm shining like fireworks over your sad, empty town

you're an expert at sorry and keeping the lines blurry

You are the only one who gets to decide what you will be remembered for.

Believe in everything you do. Believe in your mistakes and grow from them.

No matter how bad your day is, just be grateful this day is added to your life.

I still love writing in my journal and wearing sparkly dresses and looking at old chandeliers.

People are going to judge you anyway, so you might as well do what you want.

I think every girl's dream is to find a bad boy at the right time, when he wants to not be bad anymore.

I wish all teenagers can filter through songs instead of turning to drugs and alcohol.

I was afraid of being rejected, yes. I was also afraid of being accepted for the wrong reasons.

I could sooner reconcile all Europe than two women.

Like every art form, there are jealousies and angers and competitiveness in magic. But there's camaraderie among magicians, whether you perform it for a living or you're an enthusiast.

You can get an awful lot of effects into the customer's mind for a great deal less time and money in radio than you can in television.

What we think about God-what we think God is like-will determine the relationship we have with God.

Sometimes the government has to answer questions with ambiguous language.

AIDS today in Africa is claiming more lives than the sum total of all wars, famines and floods and the ravages of such deadly diseases as malaria ... We must act now for the sake of the world.

In all your movements, let nothing be evident that would offend the eyes of another.

Let necessity, and not your will, slay the enemy who fights against you.

I work hard and support myself.