Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.

I have found it easier to identify with the characters who verge upon hysteria who were frightened of life who were desperate to reach out to another person. But these seemingly fragile people are the strong people really.

I really believe that everyone has a talent ability or skill that he can mine to support himself and to succeed in life.

I don't think you ever stop giving. I really don't. I think it's an on-going process. And it's not just about being able to write a check. It's being able to touch somebody's life.

We don't get a chance to do that many things and every one should be really excellent. Because this is our life. Life is brief and then you die you know? So this is what we've chosen to do with our life.

What material success does is provide you with the ability to concentrate on other things that really matter. And that is being able to make a difference not only in your own life but in other people's lives.

You come to a point in your life when you really don't care what people think about you you just care what you think about yourself.

One of the secrets of life is that all that is really worth the doing is what we do for others.

Being yourself is one of the hardest things because it's scary. You always wonder whether you'll be accepted for who you really are. I decided to call my record 'Inside Out' because that's my motto about life. I don't think you ever succeed at trying to be anyone else but who you truly are.

If there's not drama and negativity in my life all my songs will be really wack and boring or something.

I really haven't had that exciting of a life. There are a lot of things I wish I would have done instead of just sitting around and complaining about having a boring life. So I pretty much like to make it up. I'd rather tell a story about somebody else.

My favorite things in life don't cost any money. It's really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time.

I guess I have always been deeply terrified to really be someone's wife since I know from life one cannot love another ever really.

You can never really live anyone else's life not even your child's. The influence you exert is through your own life and what you've become yourself.

You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.

Every man dies. Not every man really lives.

Life is really simple but we insist on making it complicated.

And understandably so that when you're in legal jeopardy you really cannot put yourself in a position to open yourself up to the media.

I have a different approach. I don't file lawsuits because I really don't care.

I have never forgotten my days as an Eagle Scout. I didn't know it at the time but what really came out of my Scouting was learning how to lead and serve the community. It has come in handy in my career in government.

As I got older I really got into Tupac's poetry his books and just learning about his life and what he was into.

Everything starts and ends with the song and working with writers and really learning their process and craft was an invaluable experience.

I played saxophone so I was into jazz. I learned from each audience and each teacher that I had. I can't really tell you any rules or anything but the way I develop my beliefs is really just by personally learning from different situations.

It was a fantastic learning experience and OK I got slammed because I wasn't Audrey Hepburn but you could have predicted that really if you'd opened your eyes wide enough.