"Time is a beautiful thing. It's like when you meet an old lover on the street six years later and they don't look so ugly anymore."

"I have a full life: I have two amazing kids, I have great friends, great family. And right now, that's plenty for me to manage. A new relationship just seems like way too much work."

"I'm really lucky that my record companies have been patient with me and leave me alone and give me the time to make it right in my mind."

"Trying to force creativity is never good."

"The simplest truths often reveal that joy is found not in possessing, but in appreciating."

"The No. 1 question I get from everybody is, 'How did you make it?' I'm like, Don't worry about making it. There is no making it. Just be happy."

"Happiness is your own treasure because it lies within you."

"We all of us deserve happiness or none of us does."