In my career I defined myself by my music, and the danger is that one defines oneself based on popularity. As you know, that goes up and down, and you can't judge how you feel about yourself based on what your sales is.

You must have love as the core; it takes courage to be willing to constantly tell the truth to each other and risk letting the relationship go.

I am held by the creator of the world. I am opening, I am unbounded, I am luminous, I am powerful.

No one can tell what the future holds, you're backs to the corner, you make the choice of how it goes.

Real freedom is creative, proactive, and will take me into new territories. I am not free if my freedom is predicated on reacting to my past.

When I see that my geek may have contained some of the best parts of me, when I love and appreciate him, I set my children free to see themselves as lovable however they are.

It's difficult to get an audience to want to keep up with you, stay present tense. But there's never been a big lag in my career between product. I've constantly tried to pull my audience up into what I'm doing present tense, and they've been usually happy to go there with me.