I didn't want to be precious about things. Of course, the idea is to make great music, but if you have great musicians up there, it gives me some leeway to play around a little bit.

There aren't many poster children for cool angst. Everybody thinks it's cool if you're the bad girl.

I really don't think anything I do is a mistake. It could be if I didn't learn from it.

It's calm under the waves in the blue of my oblivion.

If I respect myself and believe in what I'm doing, no one can touch me.

Rape is the most humiliating thing that can be done to you; it's the most vulnerable that you can be. But once I realized that, I became a stronger person and faced all my fears.

Nothing that you do will ever feel good if you let people convince you that you have no choice.

Everybody sees me as this sullen and insecure little thing. Those are just the sides of me that I feel it's necessary to show because no one else seems to be showing them.

The way I feel about music is that there is no right and wrong. Only true and false.

You fondle my trigger, then you blame my gun

I was screaming into the canyon at the moment of my death; the echo I created outlasted my last breath.

The end product of the successful preacher's input is transformation.

I know two kinds of Christians, those that love and those that love to be right.

Never share you secret with a married person for the partner will get to hear of it.

The best defense against being hurt is to feel good about yourself and the way a person responds to you says more about them, than about you.

Driving to Vegas is awesome... Driving home From Vegas sucks.

How much can you know about yourself if you've never been in a fight?

Usually New York has lousy salads.

You must always be open to your luck. You cannot force it, but you can recognize it.

After all, the only way to communicate is to find someone who can comprehend; the only way to be forgiven is to find someone who is willing to forgive.

The key to the utilization of atomic energy for world peace will be found in the will of all people to restrict its use for the betterment of mankind.