A great song is the reason you want to jump out of your bed in the morning.

I'd be the outsider gal who undergoes a makeover in the end [in the 'The Breakfast Club' ].

I want them to have a desirable experience in whatever way that may manifest itself in each person.

I wrote a song at age five about algae on the pond by our house, then the next 'real' song was in fifth grade about an unrequited crush.

My main influences are pop and folk music - Bob Lind, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, the Motown collection, The Zombies, Elliott Smith, and a ton of 70's AM radio hits. I love powerpop too.

A good song is like a mannequin - its form makes sense, but there's no life. There should be memorable melody, thoughtful lyric, appropriate arrangement.

Until a man begins to read, then He will discover himself.

I don't come from a privileged background.

Your competitive advantage must be perceivable, promotable, and something the market will pay for.

I always loved fish for the colors and birds for the plumage. In the same way, I loved those women of the cabaret. They were birds of paradise.

Miracles are simply a change in perception.

When a person understands what sort of existence a human being is, and what exactly the "self" is, that person has been liberated forever.

Nature has different times.

Positioned on my dresser, that white-as-snow rose is a personal message to me. It speaks of unfinished business. It whispers, I can find you. I can reach you. Perhaps I am watching you now.

. . . Wait, my child, wait and work on. Patience, patience. . . . .