“It is important to speak your truth, not to convince anyone else of it. Everyone must make up their own minds.”

“You can fool everyone else, but you can't fool your own mind.”

“I am convinced that every effort must be made in childhood to teach the young to use their own minds. For one thing is sure: If they don't make up their minds, someone will do it for them.”

“Don't mind anything anyone tells you about anyone else. Judge everyone and everything for yourself.”

“Do not speak harshly of your misfortunes to anyone, for everyone is partly to blame.”

“It doesn't take much convincing to make someone believe they're better than everyone else.”

“Everything changes when you wake up in the morning and decide to own today. It will not be taken from you by anyone else, it will be yours”

“A very important thing is not to make up your mind that you are any one thing.”

“Do not compare your struggles to anyone else's.
Do not become discouraged by another's success.
Create your own path and do not ever give up!”

“I think it's important, if you are an artist, to use your music to stand up for what you believe in…That's what everyone should do with their lives…stand up for what they believe in, or try to do some good in the world. I don't think artists have a greater responsibility than anyone else.”