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"I believe in divine timing, I always have. There are moments in everyone's life where the stars align, but it wouldn't have happened if I hadn't spent years working hard—not for the things happening now, but to stay true to my own voice and be excited about what I'm creating. I had to fight off many voices, opinions, and people controlling me when I was younger, whether in music or acting, because I was a child coming into this."

"Confidence is the most beautiful thing you can possess."

"I love when artists write sad songs and they have a sense of humor to them because it’s just up my alley."

"Now he's thinkin' 'bout me every night, oh Is it that sweet? I guess so Say you can't sleep, baby, I know That's that me espressoMove it up, down, left, right, oh Switch it up like Nintendo Say you can't sleep, baby, I know That's that me espresso"

"I do think that men have been a super entertaining species to watch, in positive and negative ways. I feel really adored, inspired, and loved by some of them… and really confused, attacked, and ridiculed by others. When one of my female friends announces that she’s having a son, I just rejoice for that young boy. Because I know he’s going to be raised right. Correct me if I’m wrong, I’ve only been on Earth for 26 years, but I feel like we’ve always kind of had to train them. Unfortunately, it’s a tale as old as time."

"Please, please, please don't prove I'm right And please, please, please Don't bring me to tears when I just did my makeup so nice Heartbreak is one thing, my ego's another I beg you, don't embarrass me, motherfucker, ah Please, please, please (ah)"

"The mother has a daughter Who gets married to the brother of the mother. And they all just tryna multiply with one another. Cause that's just the way of the world. It never ends till the end then you start again. That's just the way of the world, that's just the way of the world."

"I’m not gonna say I peed my pants because that sounds really graphic and maybe not sanitary, but I think it really just caught me off guard. It was very much a childhood dream come true. I still probably have not processed it if I’m being completely honest."

"I'm proud to be an American where at least I know I'm free, And I won't forget the men who died who gave that right to me, And I gladly stand up next to you And defend her still today, 'Cause there ain't no doubt I love this land"

"I have a face like the behind of an elephant."

"I knew in a flash Gary had something I should never have. It is something pure and he doesn't know it's there. In truth, that boy hasn't the least idea how well he acts."

"Method actors give you a photograph. Real actors give you an oil painting."

"They can't censor the gleam in my eye."

"[I have a face that would] stop a sundial and frighten small children into fits."

"All his tough talk is a blind, you know. He's a literate, gracious, kind man, with wonderful manners, and he speaks beautifully — when he wants to."

"It's got so that every time I walk into a restaurant, I get not only soup but an impersonation of Captain Bligh."

"Hollywood is a goofy place. But I like it. It's the perfect mummers' home. If one weren't a little mad one wouldn't be there."

"It's weird how people think that you know a person just because you see them online and you listen to the art they make."

"It’s awesome to say no to things, even though they’re offering a lot of money. I have the power to say no."

"I know that I stand on the shoulders of the women in the industry that came before me, and my shoulders are broad enough to have the women that come after me to stand on mine … the little kid in me still believes that rock n’ roll can save the world."

"I encourage people to use your critical thinking skills, use your vote – vote small, vote for what’s going on in your city."

"We want liberty, justice and freedom for all. When you do that, that’s when I’ll come."

"I was so desperate to feel understood"

"Drag is like a spa for my soul."

"I pushed down the gay part of myself so deep because I was like, that can’t possibly be me."

"Waitin', watchin' the clock, It's four o'clock, it's got to stop. Tell him, take no more, she practices her speech. As he opens the door, she rolls over, Pretends to sleep as he looks her over.She lies and says she's in love with him. Can't find a better man. She dreams in color, she dreams in red. Can't find a better man. Can't find a better man, can't find a better man."

"The waiting drove me mad. You're finally here, and I'm a mess. I take your entrance back; Can't let you roam inside my head.I don't wanna take what you can give. I would rather starve than eat your bread. I would rather run, but I can't walk. Guess I'll lie alone just like before."

"Vacate is the word Vengeance has no place so near to her. Cannot find the comfort in this world Artificial tear Vessel stabbed, next up, volunteers? Vulnerable, wisdom can't adhere.A truant finds home, And a wish to hold on, But there's a trapdoor in the sun."

"Little secrets, tremors, Turned to quake. The smallest oceans still get Big, big waves, yeah."

"I seem to recognize your face, Haunting, familiar, yet I can't seem to place it. Cannot find the candle of thought to light your name Lifetimes are catchin' up with meAll these changes takin' place, I wish I'd seen the place, But no one's ever taken me.Hearts and thoughts, they fade, fade away. Hearts and thoughts, they fade, fade away."

"I took a drive today, time to emancipate. I guess it was the beatings made me wise, But I'm not about to give thanks or apologize.I couldn't breathe, holdin' me down, Hand on my face, pushed to the ground. Enmity gauged, united by fear, Forced to endure what I could not forgive.I seem to look away, the wounds in the mirror waved It wasn't my surface most defiled."

"I swear I recognize your breath Memories, like fingerprints, are slowly raisin' Me, you wouldn't recall, for I'm not my former It's hard when you're stuck upon the shelf.I changed by not changin' at all. Small town predicts my fate Perhaps that's what no one wants to seeI just wanna scream, "Hello! My God, it's been so long! Never dreamed you'd return But now here you are, and here I am." Hearts and thoughts, they fade away."

"Once divided, nothing left to subtract, Some words when spoken can't be taken back. Walks on his own with thoughts he can't help thinkin', Future's above, but in the past he's slow and sinkin'.Caught a bolt of lightning, Cursed the day he let it go.Nothingman, nothingman. Isn't it something? Nothingman."

"Torture from you to me, yeah, Abducted from the street, and, uhI'd rather be, I'd rather be with, I'd rather be with an animal, oohh."

"At home, drawin' pictures of mountain tops With him on top, lemon yellow sun Arms raised in a "V" And the dead lay in pools of maroon below.Daddy didn't give attention Oh, to the fact that Mommy didn't care King Jeremy the wicked Oh, ruled his world.Jeremy spoke in class today. Jeremy spoke in class today."

"Alone, listless, Breakfast table in an otherwise empty room. Young girl, violence, Center of her own attention, the Mother reads aloud, child tries to understand it, Tries to make her proud. The shades go down, it's in her head, Painted room, can't deny there's something wrong.Don't call me daughter, not fit to, The picture kept will remind me. Don't call me daughter, not fit to, The picture kept will remind me. Don't call meShe holds the hand that holds her down. She will rise above!"

"Once upon a time I could control myself, Ooh, once upon a time I could lose myself, yeah."

"Follow me into the desert, as thirsty as you are, Crack a smile and cut your mouth and drown in alcohol. 'Cause down below the truth is lying beneath the riverbed So quench yourself and drink the water that flows below her head.Oh no, there she goes Out in the sunshine Sun is mine, sun is mine.I shot my love today, would you cry for me? I lost my head again, would you lie for me?"

"Nothing seems to kill me, No matter how hard I try. Nothing's closing my eyes. Nothing can beat me down for your pain or delight. No."

"You can't go home, no, I swear you never can. You can walk a million miles and get nowhere. I got nowhere to go ever since I came back Just filling in the lines from the holes to the cracks Yeah!No one knows me No one saves me No one loves or hates me.I've been away for too long."

"I'm addicted to feeling. Stealing love isn't stealing. Can't you see that I understand your mind?I'm a walking believer, I'm a ghost and a healer. I'm the shape of the hole inside your heart!"

"Though I can't put my hands on you, I can feel you now In the bones and the blood flowing, needles on the ground. In the ether I sail to you, floating on the fumes, Run aground on the shore for you, simple wreckage.Taree, walk out and raise the road To my tilted shadow. I only know I've made it home When I drown in your ghost light."

""Is something wrong?" she said, well of course there is. "You're still alive," she said, oh, and do I deserve to be? Is that the question? And if so, if so who answers? Who answers?I, oh, I'm still alive. Hey, I, hey, I'm still alive."

"Sheets of empty canvas, untouched sheets of clay Her lace spread out before me, as her body once did. All five horizons revolved around her soul, as the Earth to the Sun. Now the air I tasted and breathed has taken a turn.Ooh-oh, and all I taught her was everything. Mmm, oh, I know she gave me all that she wore.And now my bitter hands chafe beneath the clouds Of what was everything All the pictures have all been washed in black, Tattooed everything."

"You don't have to stray Though oceans away, waves roll in my thoughts. Hold tight the ring, The sea will rise, please stand by the shore."

"Once fastened, servile, now you're gettin' sharp, Movin' oh-so swiftly with such disarm. I pulled the covers over him, shoulda pulled the alarm, Turned to my nemesis, a fool, not a fucking god."

"Freezin', Rests his head on a pillow made of concrete, again. Oh, feelin', Maybe he'll see a little better set of days, ooh, yeah. Oh, hand out, Faces that he sees time again ain't that familiar, ooh, yeah. Oh, dark grin, He can't help, when he's happy he looks insane, hm, yeah.Even flow, thoughts arrive like butterflies. Oh, he don't know, so he chases them away (Ooh) Oh, someday yet, he'll begin his life again Life again, life again."

"Got a gun, fact I got two. That's okay, man, 'cause I love God. Glorified version of a pellet gun; Feel so manly when armed."

"Restless soul, enjoy your youth, Like Muhammad hits the truth. Can't escape from the common rule, If you hate something, don't you do it too (Too)."

"In my eyes, indisposed, In disguises no one knows Hides the face, lies the snake, In the sun in my disgrace. Boiling heat, summer stench, 'Neath the black, the sky looks dead Call my name through the cream And I'll hear you scream again.Black hole sun, won't you come And wash away the rain? Black hole sun, won't you come? Won't you come? Won't you come?"