Even if somebody tells us something, the hit, the light goes on inside of us, not out there. We learn and understand everything within ourselves.

Just the slightest turn toward the inside is a very big thing.

We are so programmed to feel that our emotions are the most important thing in the Universe...We write, produce and act in the story of me. And then we write reviews - and read them and get more depressed. All we can do is let go, and that comes from training. And then we spend less and less time in the darker spaces.

One of your biggest lessons so far in life has been to learn to forgive myself over and over again and not to be so harsh with myself.

This is what I do to keep my head screwed on semi-straight and keep my heart open. Whenever I sing, that's why I sing. Whether it's at the Grammys, whether it's in the bathroom, whether it's in front of 10,000 people or three people, by my guru's grace, my head stays in that place.

We are not separate. So if one being hurts, I also hurt.

We are just here, right? We are just people doing our thing. And the most important aspect of anything we do is our motivation, why we do it.