“I never stopped writing about what was actually going on in my life. There’s nothing to hide.”

Doing what you love is freedom. Loving what you do is happiness.

Who belonged to no one, who belonged to everyone. Who had nothing, who wanted everything.

Nobody gets to tell your story.

I’ve been really blessed to have a lot of romance in my life. It’s like my last luxury.

Einstein said ‘your imagination is more important than intelligence,’ and I have a very, very big imagination.

I was a mess. I totally wanted to kill myself every day.

God has saved me a million times, so I think He must’ve enjoyed my song.

Fashion is inspired by youth and nostalgia and draws inspiration from the best of the past.

I feel free when I see no one and nobody knows my name.

When your happiness is someone else’s happiness, that is love.

If you are born an artist, you have no choice but to fight to stay an artist.

The world needs poetry now more than ever. It’s the only thing that can keep music from copying itself and sounding the same.

Distance sometimes lets you know who is worth keeping, and who is worth letting go.

Being brave means that knowing when you fail, you won’t fail forever.

That love doesn’t come easily and that relationships are supposed to be a struggle.

I want to stay hopeful, even though I get scared about why we’re even alive at all.

One could not count the moons that shimmer on her roofs, Or the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls.

Start seeing everything as God, But keep it a secret.

One could not count the moons that shimmer on her roofs, Or the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls.

Start seeing everything as God, But keep it a secret.

One could not count the moons that shimmer on her roofs, Or the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls.

If you correct your hidden deeds subsequently, Allaah will correct your outward deeds.

I hide my distress, just like the blessed birds hide themselves when they are preparing to die. Wine! Wine, roses, music and your indifference to my sadness, my loved-one!

Truth is often eclipsed but never extinguished.