It's safer to do nothing and know why you doing it, than to do something and don't know why you do it.
When I said I was born a feminist, I was born thinking woman are equal to men, if not stronger than men. That's the way I always was.
I think just letting go is a really good thing to do in many areas of your life, songwriting included.
With Twitter and Instagram and all of these vehicles where fans can directly interact with you and get your attention, there's a little bit of an entitlement. Like, "Why won't you follow me or write me back?" Well, if I write you back, then I have to write everyone back.
I love you more than I could ever promise because you take me the way I am.
If you wait for someone else's hand, you will surely fall down.
There's something about having an artistic outlet that is so important to the human mind and development. It's as important as any other subject in school. I think it should be mandatory. It's part of our genetic makeup.
A man that will take back a move at Chess will pick a pocket
Tobacco, coffee, alcohol, hashish, prussic acid, strychnine, are weak dilutions; the surest poison is time. This cup which nature puts to our lips, has a wonderful virtue, surpassing that of any other draught. It opens the senses, adds power, fills us with exalted dreams, which we call hope, love, ambition, science; especially it creates a craving for larger draughts of itself.
Technology is such a broad kind of term, it really applies to so many things, from the electric light to running cars on oil. All of these different things can be called technology. I have kind of a love-hate relationship with it, as I expect most people do. With the computer, I spend so many hours sitting in front of a computer.
The 'harmonious world' theory. . will help dispel doubts in the international community about China's continued development and refute the absurd 'China threat theory'.