What better preparation for a history which seeks to bring societies to life and to understand that life than to have really lived, commanded men, suffered with them and shared their joys.
No one is easy until you actually beat them.
If you're fighting with emotion instead of structure. . . it's always going to be a mistake.
A loss leads to victory, being fired leads to a dream job. . I find comfort in believing that good things can grow out of tragedy.
There have always been people who have written me off. They're not going away. I use that to motivate me. I'm driven to show them just how wrong they are.
I get asked that a lot and I always go back to my mom's, 'No one has the right to beat you. ' I take that to every venue that I'm in. She would say, 'Someone has to be the best in the world, why not you?' I always try to keep that in mind.
I'm the most dangerous unarmed women in the world, I've prepared my entire life to be that way.
Since I couldn't actuate the things that I wanted to do, the only weapon I had was to say no.
If you live in a free market and a free society, shouldn't you have the right to know what you're buying? It's shocking that we don't and it's shocking how much is kept from us
Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference.
I used to make albums because I wasn't touring, and so I thought, "This is the best way for people to find out about me.