“I think there’s an energy about just remaining excited. Like, you can’t be excited when you’re not doing something new.”

I think there was something about being in a tough environment that gave me a certain drive.

Your life can become the background for the art you create.

I think that marriage is beautiful. And if it’s a partnership with someone you love, then it really is beautiful. Yeah, I think that marriage does work.

If you treat me fairly, I’ll give you all my goods.

My life is rich because I have those kinds of people in my life.

Writing in my journal keeps me focused on my spirit and what I need or feel.

Business can change you, and chew you up, and spit you out, and be rid of you, and on to the next thing. That’s why it’s so important to know who you are and stand up for something.

Good food is an amazing blessing. Whenever you can sit down at a table, eat food that is extremely delicious, and are surrounded by people you love it’s: Wow, life is good.

When I’m on stage, my interaction with the audience is something that really makes me come alive. It’s a feeling like no other. The energy of the crowd fuels something new inside.

My music comes from many, many, many places. My emotions, my feelings, my thoughts, and conversations I have with people I know who influence me.

Love me like you’ll never see me again.

Love is accepting people for who they are and what they are, regardless.

Create the world you want, and fill it with the opportunities that matter to you.

From the beginning, I’ve had to juggle and weigh the silly things people say – and I’ve learnt that they’re meaningless, and they’re mostly inaccurate. So I don’t worry about it, because there’s nothin’ for me to deal with.

It’s the unknown that makes me feel the most vulnerable.

We’re all going to change. Otherwise, it’s boring. Who wants to stay the damn same all their life?

Seeing the energy of ‘SNL’ made me want to be a part of it. If that was a job, I thought, that was the job I wanted. That was my plan. Comedy.

My passion and energy get mistaken for anger.

When he left, you spent all your energy holding on to him. You could be happy if you let go.

A lot of us have energy that we can tap into. We sell ourselves short.

Some people reckoned that I looked healthier when I was bigger but I had terrible skin and no energy.

I’ve been fighting my whole career to show a different side and prove naysayers – not prove them wrong, because I don’t think you should get your energy from negative people.

I don’t have a strict diet; I keep it simple. I try to eat fish, meat, veg and carbs – potatoes and rice – but I’ll try and pack it in because as I’m burning so much energy. I have to see food as an energy source.

We’re all going to be tested. The dark energy is going to knock on all of our doors.