“I’m intelligent enough to survive happily and be compassionate. If I were too smart, I would realize all the ills of the world.”

She’s the coolest person in the world…I don’t date what the person does…

Music was a way of rebelling against the whole rah-rah high school thing.

And that’s when you know. It’s like, oh, my God, game over….

I can single handedly dispel any ideas that sexuality is acquired. Trust me, you’re born with it.

Doing something that you love regardless when it’s a blockbuster movie or you’re writing a pop song or trying shamelessly to succeed in something is not selling out.

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People always – when you rise, whenever you’re getting to a point where you’re a very big band, which is a very rare thing, there are always going to be people that aren’t going to like you.

I’ve got the moves like Jagger.

That’s not true. I did not have sexual intercourse with Lindsay Lohan. … A lot of people probably did, I don’t know, [but I did not].

Taylor Swift is super charming. Damn you Swift.

Men are not as sophisticated as women. They’re not as mature as women. They’re not as connected with their emotions as women…

I’m fiercely independent, but I’m also terrified of being alone.

A lot of times people will think, ‘I’m strong, I’m in shape; why can’t I do this pose?’ But that’s not the point.

Playing a show before thousands of people is a highly unnatural state, and when I get on the mat to do an hour of yoga before the show, I come out physically relaxed.

Acne may be good at destroying self-confidence, but Proactiv+ is good at destroying acne.

I’d rather be loud and misunderstood than quiet and bored

Be good to everyone. You never know who might be suffering alone.

There is no compassion for those who lack compassion.

A woman may be beautiful but have poor character. A man may be a business genius, making money left and right, but lack common courtesy, sensitivity, and compassion.

Compassion directed toward oneself is true humility.

May the future be known for it’s kindness.

I have always heard, Sancho, that doing good to base fellows is like throwing water into the sea.

If you are successful, it is because somewhere, sometime, someone gave you a life or an idea that started you in the right direction. Remember also that you are indebted to life until you help some less fortunate person, just as you were helped.

To let go does not mean to get rid of. To let go means to let be. When we let be with compassion, things come and go on their own.