When you grow up surrounded by willful ignorance, you have to believe that mercy has it's own country and that it's round and borderless.

...words are some of the most powerful and important things I know....Language is the tool of love and the weapon of hatred. It's the bright red warning flag of danger--and the stone foundation of diplomacy and peace.

If you think you know what I'm doing wrong well you're gonna have to get in line.

When I was four years old they tried to test my IQ, they showed me this picture of three oranges and a pear. They asked me which one is different and does not belong; they taught me different was wrong.

I am not a pretty girl. I don't want to be a pretty girl. No, I want to be more than a pretty girl.

There's a crowd of people harbored in each person There are so many roles that we play.

I was attracted to a lot of different art forms - dancing, painting. But there's something about music that people hold so close. It's such a powerful art form, and that's why I live for it.