"Trauma happens in relationships, so it can only be healed in relationships. Art can't provide healing. It can be cathartic and therapeutic but a relationship is a three-part journey."

"I started playing piano when I was 6. And I knew that wanted to be involved in that form of expression, whether it was through music, or acting, or dancing, or painting, or writing."

"My message to anyone who's afraid that they can't write music when they're happy is 'Just trust the passion.' The passion can write a lot of things."

"Down the road, I'll probably have a kid or two or three. And there will probably be political events or spiritual things to comment on, and humor."

"Beauty in art is the harmony of spirit, intellect, and craft. Such is the immutable nature of understanding."

"Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony."

"Art is a harmony parallel with nature."

"To love truly means recognizing that the melody of life is composed of both highs and lows."