I'll say that I don't think you can throw a stone and not come in contact with someone who knows someone or has problems with substance abuse.

I was starstruck and sweat a lot when I met Oprah Winfrey and tried to hug her. Because when you think you know people when you see them from your couch.

I can only live in my truth.

You never write a speech in advance because if you don't get to use it, you'll be heartbroken.

I want to find things that challenge me.

Even in my music, I am always searching for big, universal things - ways that you can sort of reach outside the norm of what you are doing.

You just keep moving forward and doing what you do, and hope that it resonates with people. And if it doesn't, you just keep moving on until you find a project that does.