“The pain we suffer is a way to make us appreciate what comes next.”

All endings are also beginnings. We just don’t know it at the time.

The secret to happiness be satisfied and be grateful.

Scenery without solace is meaningless.

There is no formula to relationships. They have to be negotiated in loving ways, with room for both parties, what they want and what they need, what they can do and what their life is like.

The truth is, once you learn how to die, you learn how to live.

Life has to end, love doesn’t.

When you look into your mother’s eyes, you know that is the purest love you can find on this earth.

You knew me. You knew that person, but you don’t know the person I’m trying to become… You are not your past!

One day spent with someone you love can change everything.

You have to start over. That’s what they say. But life is not a board game, and losing a loved one is never really “starting over.” More like “continuing without.

People are only mean when they are threatened.

There is no such thing as ‘too late’ in life.

We are too involved in materialistic things, and they don’t satisfy us. The loving relationships we have, the universe around us, we take these things for granted.

Anger is a poison. It eats us inside. We think when we hate someone we hurt them, but hatred is a curved blade, and the harm we do to others we also do to ourselves.

What you have done to this point cannot be undone. What you do next. It is still unwritten.

The universe is too grand and harmonious to believe it’s all an accident.

This year I will try to be thankful for me.

I never knew motherhood could be so truly gratifying until I had Natasha.

My mom and my dad never pushed me into performing. They never prohibited me from trying anything, or being anything. They never restricted me in any way. For which I’ll be forever grateful.

My nature is to get instant gratification. On stage, I can feel everybody’s anticipation. I know what they want, I know what I’m going to give them, I know when I’m going to give it to them, I know when they want it.

My kids get everything they want and are raised well.

You’ll know you’ve healed when you find gratitude in the pain that once broke you.

Maybe the lesson is not how best to chase the things we think will make us happy, but learning to be happy wherever we are instead.

Obviously I’m very grateful ‘Bad Guy’ is doing so well – it’s shocking and surprising and gratifying – but I do think it’s important to try to make the next song that people are gonna be excited about.