I was with someone recently who asked: ‘Well, don’t you think that if you do too much therapy it will take away your artistic process?’ And I told them: ‘The biggest lie that we’ve ever been sold is that we as artists have to stay in pain to create.'

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"I’ll take your bad days with your good / Walk through the storm, I would / I do it all because I love you."

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""Boy, when you're with me, I'll give you a taste / Make it like your birthday every day" — Katy Perry, 'Birthday'"

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"My sister…is the person who keeps me in line, whether I like it or not. I trust her and also have a good, healthy fear of her."

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"You don’t have to be perfect to achieve your dreams."

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"If you’re presenting yourself with confidence, you can pull off pretty much anything."

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"She warned him not to be deceived by appearances, for beauty is found within."

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"We should never judge someone based on their appearance."

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"Beauty and ugliness are merely subjective labels. What matters is who we are inside."

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"When we see beyond appearances, we discover the true essence of a person."

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"Worry is a misuse of imagination."

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