“I hope it never gets to that point that I’m gonna have people around me that are using me. I’m very good with noticing that.”

Being in the studio is my absolute favorite thing.

Of course I write from experience, but I also do write from things that have happened in the world.

I’m not big on make up. I only have a make up artist for events.

It’s important to drive your own ship, and it’s your career, so you might as well take it by the reins.

The worst thing any of us can do for our self-esteem is compare ourselves to others, and that’s especially true of women.

I only have a stylist when I go to big events, but even then, I give them moodboards to show exactly how I want to look, so I’m mostly in control. I dress myself on a daily basis, though.

One thing I love about Lady Gaga is I feel like her sound is always evolving and changing with her and her phases of life.

I hate nothing more than feeling rushed to write a song or feeling like I have to write a song.

I take off my makeup with coconut oil some nights. It sounds like it would clog your pores, but I swear it’s saved my skin.

I want to make music that I would like if it came on the radio.

I’m not perfect. I’m not polished.

I wanted to convey the message of how I do what I want and how I run my own business, and I’m a woman in charge. I want all of my fans to know that that’s possible and feel empowered when they listen to my music.

I always say when someone says something negative about me, it’s really saying something negative about them.

I’m not opposed to acting. I do like to act.

I just love music. I think it’s art.

Not every girl who wears makeup feels like, ‘Oh, I’m so ugly without it.’ I wear makeup because it’s fun to put on, and I feel pretty with it on.

God is all that is good, as to my sight, and the goodness that each thing hath, it is He.

When I die, I will send down a shower of roses from the heavens,I will spend my heaven by doing good on earth.

Good health is a duty to yourself, to your contemporaries, to your inheritors, to the progress of the world.

It is much easier to make good men wise, than to make bad men good.

A Christian should always remember that the value of his good works is not based on their number and excellence, but on the love of God which prompts him to do these things.

If the world thinks you’re not good enough, it’s a lie, you know. Get a second opinion.

As a woman, especially when you have children, one gets so good at soldiering on – almost too good.

Seek for good, but expect evil.