I've totally learned in this process that 99% of the time, your gut is right, and you know what's right for you. I know exactly what's right for my career and for my art, and sometimes, even if the whole room is saying, 'Don't do that, don't do that,' you know that doing that is going to be good for you, in the long run.

Like wildflowers you must allow yourself to grow in all the places people thought you never would.

I find this curious - two photos from today, one edited so my skin is perfect and one real. remember flaws are ok.

I know when I'm onstage, I don't think about how it looks, I just concentrate on really feeling what I hear. But I totally know I look like Gollum when I perform, so it's cool.

I do not need someone to complete me, but if you wanted to, we could walk next to each other into whatever is coming next.

The way I dress and carry myself, a lot of people find it intimidating. I think my whole career can be boiled down to the one word I always say in meetings: strength.

Two things to remember in life: take care of your thoughts when you are alone, and take are of your words when you are with people.