“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.

I’ve clearer idea of how I don’t want to be seen – as someone who does what everyone wants them to.

I just look for someone who makes me feel like life is an exciting opportunity and, you know, just like to be alive.

The American dream belongs to all of us.

And I wonder if I will ever find a place where I belong or if I am destined to wander.

Music belongs to the people. To no one else. To no one else.

Change is painful, but nothing is as painful as being stuck somewhere you don’t belong.

We will end up where we belong.

I belong to no organized party. I am a Democrat.

I celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.

The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.