Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.

The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.

Pretend you’re more obsessed with this moment and a little bit less with the way it ends.

Don’t try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say.

I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.

In art and dream may you proceed with abandon. In life may you proceed with balance and stealth.

There is nothing stronger than a broken woman who has rebuilt herself.

Resilience — the ability to brush off pain.

I learned that you have to push away the demand of people's expectations by believing in your instincts.

Failure is a greater teacher than success. Listen, learn, go on.

Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.