"Because even at the age of fifteen, I used to go see all the Broadway shows and feel that they were sentimental, that they were pandering to the audience and trying to manipulate the audience. I had no use for practically any of the shows that were hits."

“I think what everyone can do is start creating spaces and forums, talk to peers, friends and family, and start deconstructing these things we take for granted, unpack these old systems, in order to understand ourselves more deeply, to understand why we do the things we do and how our privileges affect other people's lack of privilege.”

Source : Source: thequietus.com

“I do music for the love of it, and I've been doing it from a very young age: about 11.”

“Your value depends on what you make of yourself. Make the most of yourself for that is all there is of you.”

“A real friend is someone who does n0t give you expectation about delivering on some kind of peer group pressure.”

Source : MSNBC.com Chat, www.nbcnews.com. October 15, 2013.

“If a mother respects both herself and her child from his very first day onward, she will never need to teach him respect for others.”

Source : Alice Miller (1981). “Prisoners of Childhood”, New York : Basic Books

“In my experience, the most staunchly held views are based on ignorance or accepted dogma, not carefully considered accumulations of facts. The more you expose the intricacies and realtities of the situation, the less clear-cut things become.”

Source : Mary Roach (2010). “Six Feet Over: Adventures in the Afterlife”, p.16, Canongate Books

“[I'll teach you] how not to leave the windows of your heart open when it looks like rain and how everyone has a stump where something necessary was amputated.”

“I may not be perfect, but I'm trying.”