I think it can be fun to be single and date-like when you don't want a relationship. Or when you've just gotten out of a relationship, and, after get over the initial shock, your thinking, Hey, it's kind of cool being single.
You can't please everybody. You'd be crazy if you're trying to. So take some time out to do some things for yourself.
I'm coming out of a long term marriage and I don't want to jump into anything too serious or too much, too quick.
You have to turn the lemons life gives you into lemonade, and you have to take time to sit back and enjoy it.
The sad thing is most people have to check with someone before they do the things that make them happy. We're all passing through; the least we can do is be happy, and the only way to do that is by being selfish.
Perhaps one of the only positive pieces of advice that I was ever given was that supplied by an old courtier who observed: Only two rules really count. Never miss an opportunity to relieve yourself; never miss a chance to sit down and rest your feet.
A lot of us think we're invincible... but we have to start putting ourselves on the to-do list.
You know, it's hard sometimes to just detach yourself from what you're doing.
Even successful musicians have had periods where people say they suck and no one likes them, even after they've had periods of great success. So I think it's like you just gotta do you and try to stay motivated. Until, you know, you decide to stay home and make spaghetti all day.
I told college I was gonna take a semester off, but I knew I was never going back. I felt like the walls were closing in on me.
I really enjoy being single again. I spent a lot of time in a relationship and the nearer we came to the end, the more difficult it got. You don't see things clearly as long as you're still involved.
I am never embarrassed to relax. I am not part of any rat race. I am very happy to be by myself.
If I were to say anything to my 18-year-old self, it would be, 'Loosen up. Chill out.'
You can only really hear the beat of your own drum if you give yourself the space to sit in it.
I always say I'll rest when I die - that's my motto. I just hope I don't die before the World Cup!
