Typically I go in the studio and whatever I'm contemplating that day will wind up being a song. I don't come in with lyrics... I just go in and let it happen.

I see the whole concept of Generation X implies that everyone has lost hope.

Running has made being depressed impossible. If I'm going through something emotional and just go outside for a run, you can rest assured I'll come back with clarity.

Music helps you find the truths you must bring into the rest of your life.

I breastfeed and I'll be breastfeeding until my son is finished and he weans.

When pain brings you down, don't be silly, don't close your eyes and cry, you just might be in the best position to see the sun shine.

I found that the more truthful and vulnerable I was, the more empowering it was for me.

the truth of who we are is innate goodness, and the whole journey is really about removing any obstacle or false belief that keeps us from knowing that

We're taught to be ashamed of confusion, anger, fear and sadness, and to me they're of equal value to happiness, excitement and inspiration.

I see my body as an instrument, rather than an ornament.

I'm a leave-the-bathroom-door-open nudist, which is sometimes disconcerting for my friends.

There may be human joy in doing good with definite purpose, but they who do good expecting nothing in return know a joy that is divine.

I'm none too big on giving advice, ' Aunt Al said. 'Most times when folks ask for advice, they already know what they should do. They just want to hear it from someone else.

I just wanted to make movies, but I never though about, "How am I being perceived because of my culture or my skin?"

There hasn't been one highlight that stands out... but touring and performing has been great.

Kim Jong Un shaved his eyebrows and got his hair sticking right up. How would you like the leader of your country looking like Lady Gaga? Even Dennis Rodman told him he looks weird.

We cannot win the weak by sharing our wealth with them. They feel our generosity as oppression.

The engineer, and more generally the designer, is concerned with how things ought to be - how they ought to be in order to attain goals, and to function.

Ambition that centers on the glory of God and welfare of the church is a mighty force for good.

To philosophize is only another way of being afraid and leads hardly anywhere but to cowardly make-believe.

The way that I live my life is on spontaneity.