If you dig it, do it. If you dig it a lot, do it twice.

If you dig it, do it. If you dig it a lot, do it twice.

I never really thought of my neighborhood in South Philly as being a neighborhood; it was more a state of mind. For people who aren't familiar with those kinds of places, it's a whole different thing. Like, 42nd Street in New York City is a state of mind.

I'm no missionary, and I can't wear any armor, either. I just gotta be the way I am.

If you dig it, do it. If you really dig it, do it twice.

There's something about approaching universal truths with the simplicity of the acoustic guitar. You can take it anywhere, and it helps me reach listeners of all ages and walks of life.

Bridges are meant for burning when the people and memories they join arent the same.

Nobody loves a fat girl but oh how a fat girl can love.

Every single person who has ever walked down the street with a FEED bag has purchased it. I think that's really relevant because it means that you have got to make that choice to spend that money on that product.

What I do remember is visualization of the sound of music, seeing bodies in movement in relation to how music sounded, because my mother practiced at the keyboard a lot and I also went to her lessons. As a two year old, three year old I remember seeing things in movement.

There are weapons that are simply thoughts. For the record, prejudices can kill and suspicion can destroy.

Winning is not everything but making the effort to win is.

I always dressed as a man when I was at school. I loved wearing a tie and a shirt, and I was always wearing suits. Annie Lennox was my hero. I was always playing men in high school.

Yes, but don't forget I also have the luxury of the worlds finest band when it gets lonely.

Success in life comes not from holding a good hand, but in playing a poor hand well.

If I wasn't an actress, I'd be a designer. I love interior design and inventing things that are practical but also beautiful - looking at a space and creating magic.

When you have a person in power who punishes people for speaking their mind, it's truly dangerous.

Whatever be the qualities of the man with whom a woman is united according to the law, such qualities even she assumes, like a river, united with the ocean.

It is the nature of the self to manifest itself, In every atom slumbers the might of the self.

I used to feel that I spent too much of my time in my pajamas doing nothing, and I'd think 'in the time that I don't spend writing, I could raise a family of five.' In a lot of ways, being a writer is lonely and alienating.

I was always going to be a dancer - I drifted into acting.

Necessity is the mother of bipartisanship.

Everyone has emotions you just learn to use then and be comfortable with them.

It's always great to get more reps.

I try to go to the gym three times a week, and I swim, too.

Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.

Testimony gives something to be interpreted.

Harvard produces leaders. People with Harvard degrees go on to become administrators in high level positions in state educational departments and in public schools around the country.

Every cloud has its silver lining but it is sometimes a little difficult to get it to the mint

Voting has not been tough for me, for the most part, because there's guideposts about what will bring about the greatest amount of happiness for the greatest amount of people.

I look at the people's careers who I want to emulate, like Audra McDonald, Kristin Chenoweth, Bernadette Peters... They've all found the key to longevity in this business, and that is diversifying, doing as many things as possible to keep yourself relevant, and so hopefully I'm on the same track as all those amazing women.

But blind to former as to future fate, what mortal knows his pre-existent state?