I could care less about what people think. I'm a Devil Without A Cause.

It's not that I'm Mr. Goody-Two-Shoes now, but I've got my priorities in order.

I am happy to make money. I want to make more money, make more music, eat Big Macs and drink Budweisers.

I didn't come from a trailer park. I grew up middle class and my dad had money and my mom made my lunch. I got a car when I was sixteen. I'm proud of that.

They believed you can't mix rock, country, and rap, and that crossover is dead. I always knew it would work. And it will always work as long as you're really into it and like what you're doing.

I truly believe that people like myself, who are in a position of entertainers in the limelight, should keep their mouth shut on politics.

If I was president of the good old U.S.A., I'd turn the churches into strip clubs and watch the whole world pray.

You get what you put in and people get what they deserve.

I think what I've learned out of this lifetime is you should be proud of where you come from.

I was the little white kid who rocked the turntables

Whatever your craft is, be a master of it. Being half assed at something, people will eventually see through.

I felt as if I had more to learn than I had time on earth.

Only a true reader will understand how lovely it is to read a book on rainy days.

I shall ne'er chase rainbows again, Knowing no pot o' gold awaits at the end. My Irish treasure is not there. For ye, my love, abide with me here.

Beauty makes idiots sad and wise men merry.

The final lesson a writer learns is that everything can nourish the writer. The dictionary, a new word, a voyage, an encounter, a talk on the street, a book, a phrase learned.

Gymn says your fine. He's examined your internal organs and found nothing lacking.

However much we guard against it, we tend to shape ourselves in the image others have of us.

Irish people are educated not only about artistry but local history.

When a shadow flits across the landscape of the soul where is the substance?

I was a married woman and I had a baby. I would have adored it, but I just couldn't do it because I'm a lady.