Our world is a huge mess right now, and not big enough for masses of intolerant people.

For the most part, pianos are female to me. Sometimes they're dykes, and they're always good fun.

Women must understand that simply attacking or hating men is just another form of disempowerment. A woman has to realize that when she makes a man crawl it doesn't give her power.

Guys would sleep with a bicycle if it had the right color lip gloss on. They have no shame. They're like bull elks in a field.

Healing takes courage, and we all have courage, even if we have to dig a little to find it.

Some of the most wonderful people are the ones who don't fit into boxes.

We are all fairies living underneath a leaf of a lily pad.

It's emotional blackmail to say if you're a good businesswoman and a musician, you're betraying your music.

People think I'm nuts because I can sit in a room and be happy by myself.

The sense of loss is such a tricky one, because we always feel like our worth is tied up into stuff that we have, not that our worth can grow with things we are willing to lose.

Some people hide more than others, and it does intrigue me.

Science is a careful investigation.

Michael B. Jordan is actually cool. He's like the homie. I'm actually talking to him. He reached out to me a while ago and just showing love for the music after 'TRaPSOUL' dropped.

Stay hungry, stay healthy, be a gentleman, believe strongly in yourself and go beyond limitations.

And the Prince stared at her like a man out of his wits.

Guy Kay is probably my favorite and the writer I most want to emulate.

It's all one to me: opera, painting, drawing, faxes.

If all our children learn to do is read, they will not be literate.

America is very decentralized in how it supports the humanities, unlike European countries where virtually everything stems from the central government.

It has been said that beauty is a promise of happiness. Conversely, the possibility of pleasure can be a beginning of beauty.

When you're on the open sea and you drop 10, 12 feet and your stomach goes up around your neck - that's when you have problems.