You can't just sit around and make protest albums all your life; eventually it comes to the point where you have to do something.
If I spent the rest of my life getting even with the people that had helped me out, I would never settle the score.
Sometimes the most happy people in life are the ones with nothing. We can't lose sight of the little things in life that should make us the happiest.
I feel like have a lot of music left to cut in my life.
The only thing about my life that's really changed is the fact that a lot of people know me now. I'm still the same person.
I have a hard time being happy, and I think a lot of creative people suffer with that when life gets real happy.
My music must reflect whatever's going on in my mind, and my life needs to evolve for me to discover who it is I'm becoming.
I want to talk to people that have been through big disappointments, big emotional crises, deep life struggles, and I will learn something from that.
The hardest part of directing is the choosing. Unlike an actor who can do a variety of work, it is a year of your life, you can't afford to get it wrong.
It was the Lord's love and my recognition of His presence in my life that made me realize how important it was to give Him the glory and be there for Him.
The Moon and Mars were the two most likely candidates for life in the solar system; what exists beyond our solar system is mere guesswork.
I'll continue making films because I love being able to drop into other people's worlds. My goal is to be constantly learning.
If you make something with love and, you know, passion and you tell a real story, I think it will always find an audience somehow, you know.
I don't really need to stand out, there's room for everyone. Although I haven't built a niche yet, I'm just writing love songs.
What started it all was the Kanye album, 'My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.' We started listening to that and just fell in love with it, fell in love with his production style.
I try to read as much as I can - all the time, really. And I absolutely love going to the cinema, especially during the day.
Aretha Franklin was a teenage mom, a musician who came from an incredibly Christian background, but there was a lot of love, which is really inspiring in a feminist way.
Honestly, are we ever going to get over 'California Girls' by Katy Perry? I know it's old, but that song - I love that song!
You need to love yourself and be yourself one hundred percent before you can actually love someone else.
I love Sara Bareilles. She's just so clever. I wish I were her. She's so awesome.
And I don't feel any form of music is beyond me in the sense of that I don't understand it or I don't have some love for some part of it.
