“Having a low opinion of yourself is not 'modesty.' It's self-destruction. Holding your uniqueness in high regard is not 'egotism.' It's a necessary precondition to happiness and success.”

“Never buy your own hype.”

“You have a peace about you. You have a wisdom. You have a way of living life that kicks my butt and pushes me around, and it beats me out of my idiocy and narrow-mindness. You, Addy, you, have shown me what life is all about”

“...he called me whore, slut, bitch…all the beautiful ugly words that secretly thrilled me.”

“When you are optimistic, when you are not complaining, when you look at the good side of your life, everybody loves you.”

“I felt that this is the only thing which helps me to have hope... a sort of religion, actually. Music is God.”

“Beethoven... he is a miracle!”