We always have to choose to live our lives to the fullest. No one is better or worse than anyone else. We are different and beautiful.

You can't lie down in the ashes of another person's life.

I've gotten books published. I've met famous people that are very nice. I look back and I say, 'Wow. Thank you, God, for giving me this gift. And thank you for helping me to keep going.'

We're divorced from my father because he did some mean and scary things to us.

If you have enough breath to complain about anything, you have more than enough reason to give thanks about something.

A heartsong doesn't have to be a song in your heart. It doesn't have to be talking about love and peace. It can just be your message. It can be your feeling. Some people might even call it a conscience, even though that's not really what it is. It's your message, what you feel like you need to do.

It's the song in your heart that wants you to help make yourself a better person, and to help other people do the same. Everybody has one.