I'm discovering my sexual side, and exploring relationships. You know, sensual stuff. And I'm discovering a lot of sides of myself, stuff I've buried. So the music is also therapeutic, to come to terms with things. And I feel now like my head is in the right space.

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Everything you want to be, you already are. You're simply on the path to discovering it.

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All of us are different. That's what makes us interesting and special. I don't want to be anything like another person. I want to be totally myself and go against the grain, forge my own path. I've learned that being different is what makes you stand out. It makes everything so much more intriguing.

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Be driven, be focused, but enjoy every moment, because it only happens once.

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There's something so powerful about being my own gorgeous, beautiful, individual, unique self.

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Risk the fall to know how it feels to fly.

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The most important thing to remember is that you can wear all the greatest clothes and all the greatest shoes, but you’ve got to have a good spirit on the inside. That’s what’s really going to make you look like you’re ready to rock the world.

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Create the world you want, and fill it with the opportunities that matter to you.

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I always want to stay focused on who I am, even as I'm discovering who I am.

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The more you know the stronger you become, the closer you feel to yourself and the farther you can go.

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Love is accepting people for who they are and what they are, regardless.

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Life is going to be a constant peeling back of layers, a constant unlearning of what we've been taught or believe to be true. I think that I've come to terms with the fact that that's just going to happen for the whole duration of my life. I feel really good about being able to look myself in the face and say, "Oh, who are you now?" And that might change.

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It's when we become afraid of everything and worried about everything that you are never going to reach your highest potential.

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Yes I was burned but I called it a lesson learned. Mistake overturned so I call it a lesson learned. My soul has returned so I call it a lesson learned...another lesson learned

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You're stronger, and you're better, and you're

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I think there's an energy about just remaining excited. Like, you can't be excited when you're not doing something new.

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Sometimes you need to start again, in order to fly

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If we took the time to learn more about different places and people, perhaps we would have more empathy for each other.

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I pray to give thanks and to recognize all the good things that are in my life even during times of great change, confusion, or frustration.

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Your life can become the background for the art you create.

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Right now the way I define beauty is individuality and wisdom, which I think creates a certain inner confidence. And not confidence in a way that's only on the surface, but a deep-down knowing of yourself or settling into who you are.

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