Don’t get high off praises, and don’t get too low on critiques.

Embrace what makes you unique, even if it makes others uncomfortable.

I'm a believer that the more I'm giving, the happier I am, and the more beautiful my exterior will be.

I think if people genuinely want to help ... that'll shine through, no matter what color or what race. We cannot see race before compassion.

I'm always thinking about that young girl or young boy who doesn't quite know if their music, their messaging, their imaging, their voice is going to pop, if people are going to understand them. So I represent the other and those who feel like they don't even want to be normal. They embrace the things that make them unique.

I've cried over string arrangements.

Part of what my music represents is to stand up and be the voice of those who feel like they are not heard and want to be treated with respect regardless of race, color, orientation - android, cyborg, whatever.