The main focus for me is not trying to find duet partners. It's about just making great songs. I want most of my album to be in my voice, because it's my point of view.

I think writers are prone to hyperbole sometimes.

You learn so much from taking chances, whether they work out or not. Either way, you can grow from the experience and become stronger and smarter.

I was a busy kid in high school - a little bit of an overachiever, I guess. Prom king was kind of silly, but the rest of the stuff was important to me.

Soul is about authenticity. Soul is about finding the things in your life that are real and pure.

We all must follow a different path to let our light shine, and that's what makes us so unpredictable and unique.

The best way to fight poverty is to empower people through access to quality education

I keep learning, listening, growing and experimenting.

When we see people that are impoverished and people who are dealt an unfair hand, then if we have the power to help them, we should try to do that.

Love your curves and all your edges All your perfect imperfections

The future started yesterday, and we're already late.

A genius is simply one who has taken full possession of his own mind and directed it toward objectives of his own choosing, without permitting outside influences to discourage or mislead him.

Real compassion only exists in silence

There are so many quirky characters, its easy to fall in love with any number of the characters on The Carrie Diaries.

A story to me means a plot where there is some surprise... Because this is how life is full of surprises.

I appreciate having been promoted for merit, on merit. And then bringing to bear whatever those extra special characteristics that all of us have.

When people think the world of you, be careful with them.

Separating them were two layers of brick, a few inches of plaster, and nine years of silence.

There's hope at the bottom of the biggest waterfall." ~pg 426

In order to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear country you have to introduce a system of verification and inspection.

A dollar is not worth as much as you think it is. Your honesty is worth much more.