“I’ve always loved to prove people wrong. I want to be able to cross color lines, because in music, there really is no barrier.”

This life gets lonely when everybody wants something.

For so long, I was searching for something to be proud of. But at a certain point, I realized, ‘Wait, I’m doing what I want to be doing. I’m not wanting to do it; I’m doing it.’ And that’s awesome.

Change the voices in your head. Make them like you instead.

My fans mean more to me than they will ever know. I call these people my friends and my confidence and if they are here to see me and they are here to support me, then that’s all I need in life.

You can’t be creative when you’re completely happy.

Gotta get up and try.

I don’t think imitation is the highest form of flattery, I think it’s annoying.

Sage is cleansing and sacred.

When I first appeared, people couldn’t figure out whether I was gay, straight, black, white or whatever, and I loved that. I loved the fact it scares people.

I’ve learned I’m not lying by not saying anything, so I just don’t say it anymore.

Raise your glass if you are wrong in all the right ways.

I change my mind so much I need two boyfriends and a girlfriend.

I’ve always felt like the underdog, and I’m comfortable with that label.

You can’t move mountains by whispering at them.

A lot of people have problems with public confrontation, but it doesn’t worry me at all. I can handle myself. I know my martial arts.

I tend to put my foot in my mouth. I’m not good at being diplomatic. I tend to piss people off.

As women achieve power, the barriers will fall.

There are no constraints on the human mind, no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our progress except those we ourselves erect.

Don’t be afraid of what you want. This is your time. The barriers are down.

Together, athletes and helpers show us that there are no obstacles or barriers which cannot be overcome.

People who say “it is impossible”, should not interrupt those who are trying to make it possible.

In our society, the women who break down barriers are those who ignore limits.

Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures.

What barrier is there that love cannot break?