A song will keep going round in my brain and keep me awake.

I'm not melancholy; I'm a happy-go-lucky person, kind of silly. I like funny things. I have a lot of energy. I tend to like music that's mellow, though.

When something's ending, you go through so many phases, and it can be frustrating. But once you're out on the other side, it's like you can really see all the crazy phases you went through.

I became a musician so I wouldn't have to get up at 6 in the morning.

I'm not planning to jump off a bridge with no bungee.

All is fair in love and songwriting.

Don't go chasing after butterflies, when everything you want is right by your side.

If I make a record I love, then somebody will like it. Maybe not everybody, but that won't matter.

I think it's important for people who love music to retain physical CDs or even vinyl, because it sounds so great and so much warmer than music over the internet.

Nobody can tell you you're wrong for writing a song about how you feel - even if you don't really feel that way.

I love my dad and we have a very good relationship now.

You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.

If I can aid one in distress, If I can make a burden less, If I can spread more happiness, Lord, show me how.

Religion will not regain its old power until it can face change in the same spirit as does science.

My mother wanted to be president of the United States. She wanted to be the first woman president. She was born in 1924. Instead she had eight children.

I don't know why this world keeps turning, round and round. But I wish it would stop and let me off right now!

I'm sure with a production that's not particularly well received or mediocrely received, it must be incredibly challenging to get up and keep doing it.

We give others praise which we ourselves don't believe, as long as they respond with praise we can believe.

Beatrix, do you know what happens to girls who ask such naughty questions?” “They’re ravished in haylofts?” she inquired hopefully.

God will cleanse your sins if you yourself are dissatisfied with yourself and will keep on changing until you are perfect.

I have a small house so I borrow everything except art, that's what I love.