“I believe in the kindness of strangers. And when I’m at war with myself I ride, I just ride.”

Life is a velvet crowbar hitting you over the head, youre bleeding syrup amour, bleeding to death.

Be Young, Be Dope, Be Proud.

I don’t really care about how good a song is, I only want them to reflect what I felt when I was writing them.

When I walk outside, people have something to say about it.

I think that plain old intellectualism [can be] a more powerful force than the idea of the femme fatale.

With some of the bad things that come with love, there’s also a lot of good.

It takes getting everything you ever wanted and then losing it, to know what true freedom is

I am nostalgic of an era I never knew.

Money is the anthem, of succes, so put on your mascara and your party dress.

I used to wonder if it was God’s plan that I should be alone for so much of my life. But I found peace. I found happiness within people and the world.

I learned that there’s no reason why people decide they like music when they do.

In the end, I find my influences or inspirations where I can.

Sometimes, love feels like a life or death situation. Losing true love is pretty much as bad as it gets, other than actually dying or losing good health. Most people know that. Most people can relate. It’s like the end of the world.

I like to write about the way things used to be and paint pictures of my memories with beautiful words and melodies.

I mainly let my imagination be my reality. Fantasy is my reality.

I used to wonder if it was God’s plan that I should be alone for so much of my life. But I found peace. I found happiness within people and the world

I believe in my prayers.

My doctor told me I would never walk again. My mother told me I would. I believed my mother.

It is my deepest belief that only by giving our lives do we find life.

Determination. To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream. Not only plan, but also believe.

I consider myself an artist, which is, like, the most played term, but I believe it.

Believe me, the reward is not so great without the struggle.

You may not believe in evolution, and that’s all right. How we humans came to be the way we are is far less important that how we should act now to get out of the mess we have made for ourselves.

Through Gandhi and my own life experience, I have learned about nonviolence. I believe that human life is a very special gift from God, and that no one has a right to take that away in any cause, however just. I am convinced that nonviolence is more powerful than violence.