“Consumerism diverts us from thinking about women’s rights, it stops us from thinking about Iraq, it stops us from thinking about what’s going on in Africa – it stops us from thinking in general.”

I’d rather bleed with cuts of love than live without any scars.

We hate so fast and we love too slow.

It takes a lot of people years to turn a negative into a positive. It takes me, like, an album.

The willow is my favorite tree. I grew up near one. It’s the most flexible tree in nature and nothing can break it – no wind, no elements, it can bend and withstand anything.

Big productions, to me, are great – like, I love going to Vegas and seeing shows – but I think that sometimes it’s distracting, especially when you are there to listen to the music.

My mom has always wished me a daughter just like me.

This life gets lonely when everybody wants something.

For so long, I was searching for something to be proud of. But at a certain point, I realized, ‘Wait, I’m doing what I want to be doing. I’m not wanting to do it; I’m doing it.’ And that’s awesome.

Change the voices in your head. Make them like you instead.

My fans mean more to me than they will ever know. I call these people my friends and my confidence and if they are here to see me and they are here to support me, then that’s all I need in life.

You can’t be creative when you’re completely happy.

Gotta get up and try.

I don’t think imitation is the highest form of flattery, I think it’s annoying.

Sage is cleansing and sacred.

When I first appeared, people couldn’t figure out whether I was gay, straight, black, white or whatever, and I loved that. I loved the fact it scares people.

I’ve learned I’m not lying by not saying anything, so I just don’t say it anymore.

We are people with lives, not consumers with lifestyles.

Alternatives to oil are coming up. In the long run, it is not going to be as bleak as people are predicting but surely consumption of fuel by automobile sector is going to go down.

What is too popular may not be profitable. Don’t invest in B2C companies, instead invest in B2B companies.

A still-born son is superior to a foolish son endowed with a long life. The first causes grief for but a moment while the latter like a blazing fire consumes his parents in grief for life.

A still-born son is superior to a foolish son endowed with a long life. The first causes grief for but a moment while the latter like a blazing fire consumes his parents in grief for life.

What’s on your news feed is feeding your mind.

Poetry is a sword of lightning, ever unsheathed, which consumes the scabbard that would contain it.

Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production; and the interest of the producer ought to be attended to, only so far as it may be necessary for promoting that of the consumer.