I really admire Bonnie Raitt. She is a singer songwriter who has been doing what she has been doing for so many years and she recently won the song of the year Grammy for Just Like That. I loved the validation that creativity never stops, you can keep doing the things that you love.
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I look up to people such as Andre Agassi who use their fame as a pedestal for causes. He was great to me early on in my career.
Dolly Parton – she worked her way up from nothing.
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Happiness is a journey that depends solely on ourselves. We should be grateful to life because so much that it has in store for us will be marvelous and we have the good fortune to live it.
I honestly don’t have a particular fear. We must live life without limits, and fear can become a limit.
I don’t like false or opportunistic people.
I would like to be less impulsive.
Sometimes I follow my instincts more than my reason.
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