This music business can suck all the love out of you, all the compassion for people - you can start to think you're better than them. But I want to continue to let people know that I'm no better and no worse, I'm just like you.

You can look at my palm and see the storm coming. Read the book of my life and see I've overcome it.

I had to learn how to trust my gut. Trust what I know to be right... not right, but not waver on who I am. Know who I am, know what I want, and know it. Not waver on it and be secure in that. And I still struggle with it. But I really... I can't be moved. You can't move me, and that all comes with loving myself, and I'm like my best buddy.

When you hold on to anger and unforgiveness, you can't move forward.

When you tell your truth, you are coming from a real place, so you are automatically a leader.

As far as men go, they never gave me a chance to be me; they were always scared that somebody was going to take me.

Working in the studio is a more personal experience whereas on stage in front of a billion people, its more exciting performing live.