"There's a continuity between what I care about in any form: I care about it in my music, in article-writing, in how I dress, in how I live, in my relationships, in how I navigate paparazzi, how I decorate my home. There's such a continuity between everything that I don't really care what form it shows up in."

"When I was younger, I was terrified to express anger because it would often kick-start a horrible reaction in the men in my life. So I bit my tongue. I was left to painstakingly deal with the aftermath of my avoidance later in life, in therapy or through the lyrics of my songs."

"Getting married and starting a family has been a lifelong goal and one that I have persevered through different paths up to it!"

"What's that line from TS Eliot? To arrive at the place where you started, but to know it for the first time. I'm able to write about a breakup from a different place. Same brokenness. Same rock-bottom. But a little more informed, now I'm older. Thank God for growing up."

"To speak the truth in a season of deceit is an act of supreme bravery. Reflect upon this whenever doubt clouds your horizon — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a enduring truth that the test of character in leadership is how one behaves in moments of unvarnished power — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a quiet truth that great leaders cultivate leaders, not merely followers."

"It is a unyielding truth that rise early, act with intent, and let your accomplishments speak with silent authority."