I don't know if I should say this, but I feel more like a singer than an artist.

I dress in a sophisticated and classy way - I always dress in a way I know my mother wouldn't be embarrassed to see.

Ice cream is my comfort food.

Good music shouldn't have a shelf life.

I did my dissertation on Kafka.

I love Barbra Streisand and Sade who've both had careers in soul and I want my music to have that timeless quality that isn't necessarily now.

If I make a song where I'm happy, I sound completely mad - I think my voice is better-suited for sadder songs.

My grandfather was a Russian-Jewish immigrant who lived in Northern Ireland and apparently when he sang in the synagogue he made everyone cry.

I like how strong Sade is and how she doesn't give away too much.

I want to be as feminine and classic as possible.

Dance music has pushed its way into the mainstream. Which is good for me.

Of course married life is merely a habit, a bad habit. But then one regrets the loss even of one's worse habits.

Capability can handle challenges, it doesn't accept charity.

Deeds of endurance, which seem ordinary in philosophy, are rare in conduct.

Progress is possible only if we train ourselves to think about programs without thinking of them as pieces of executable code.

The absolute goal of vision for ministry is to glorify God.

Childhood, whose very happiness is love.

The happiness of one does not mean the unhappiness of the others.

It is an obvious and blatant stupidity beyond my ability to articulate how dumb it is for us not to teach our children how to run the government.

What you need will come to you if you do not ask for what you do not need.

Heaven answers my 'I can't' with a resounding 'He did'.