"Cynicism isn't smarter, it's only safer. There's nothing fluffy about optimism."
About her song "Daddy": "I was seven years old and went to a friend's house for dinner. The father came and turned the TV off and punished the children because they weren't allowed to watch black people on TV."
"We are each others angels in the way that we answer each others prayers and we can also make each others lives miserable."
"What we call human nature in actuality is human habit."
"We are loved beyond our ability to comprehend."
"In silence you hear who you are becoming. You create yourself."
"The things you fear are undefeatable not by their nature but by your approach."
"People think I'm some kind of hippie. I don't even recycle."
"I rather see the world from another angle."