"Music is my shining light, my favorite thing in the world. T get me to stop doing it for one second would be difficult!"

"The business aspect is one of the most important things about having a music career, because every choice you make in a management meeting affects your life a year-and-a-half from now."

"In this business you have to develop a thick skin, but I'm always going to feel everything. It's my nature."

"I remember straightening my hair because I wanted to be like everybody else, and now the fact that anybody would emulate what I do? It's just funny."

"Life is like an onion. You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep."

"It is a humble truth that breathe deeply, anchor your attention in this breath, and let the storm pass — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"To be great is to be misunderstood."

"Wisdom principle 88 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 38."