I work very hard, but when God opens that door for you - when life opens that door for you, I should say - I think it's important to be giving, to return the love back.

Ignore all hatred and criticism. Live for what you create, and die protecting it.

The most important thing about creativity is that you honor your creativity and you don't ever ignore it or go against what that creative image is telling you.

The dieting wars have got to stop.

I'm able to laugh now, because I've gone through a lot of mental and physical therapy to heal over the years, my music's been wonderful for me. But I was a shell of my former self at one point. I was not myself. To be fair, I was about 19, so ... I went to Catholic school and all this crazy stuff happened, and I was going, 'Oh, is this just the way adults are?' I was very naive.

If you don't have any shadows, you're not standing in the light.

I used to get bullied by the popular girls at school. Today, I am the popular girl, and the bullies come to my shows.