I was motivated by just thinking that if you had all this external success that everyone would love you and everything would be peaceful and wonderful.

When pain brings you down, don't be silly, don't close your eyes and cry, you just might be in the best position to see the sun shine.

I'm a liability to them - I'm a woman, I'm empowered, I'm an artist. I've had executives who can't come to my shows they're so scared of me. I've been a thorn in many people's sides just by existing.

Life has a funny way of helping you out when you think that everything's gone wrong.

A feeling is not bottomless. once felt all the way through,a great peace greets you there

I guess what people forget sometimes is that when I write songs, I write them sometimes in about 20 minutes.

At one point, I was just perceived as only being angry, but now I'm being perceived as angry, peaceful, and spiritual.