It's always enjoyable to listen to a friend's work, but if it doesn't resonate with you, then you can just appreciate it and it inspires you in its own way.

I learned a lot about what it was like to have to use different hotels and not use the bathrooms, which made me more determined to be an activist.

Thank God for Occupy and thank God for 'The Daily Show,' Colbert and the rising up that's going on around the world.

I thought I had to live that partying lifestyle in order to be authentic, but in fact if you keep it up too long, all you're going to be is sloppy or dead.

Ugly ducklings don't turn into swans and glide off down the lake. Whether your sunglasses are on or off, you only see the world you make.

You create the happiness and the balance that you have, and your own power. This is one thing that I know to be true.

It's a lot harder to be clear-headed, but the good stuff is when you start realizing who's really you.