I've thrown enough punches in my life to know when someone is hurting.
My role models are people who can do things; I say to myself, 'I wish I could do that. '
Educate a woman and you educate her family. Educate a girl and you change the future.
Learning to read and write changes lives; it means jobs, money, health, and dreams fulfilled.
We are stronger when we listen,and smarter when we share.
At the end of the day, the position is just a position, a title is just a title, and those things come and go. It's really your essence and your values that are important.
A woman caring for her children; a woman striving to excel in the private sector; a woman partnering with her neighbors to make their street safer; a woman running for office to improve her country - they all have something to offer, and the more our societies empower women, the more we receive in return.
I'm fortunate in being able to find great satisfaction in my work.
When recording, whatever you first think about, you come out with something totally different at the end of it. Whatever plans you have you throw away, because it's always going to end up sounding pretty different from what you initially thought of. I probably only had about five or six songs when I started, and it just sort of flowed from that.
Don't apologize for what you think you did wrong. Apologize for what they think you did wrong.
The only true resistance to this Government. . . [is] to cease to co-operate with it.