I feel like the songs that I write are best when they are performed by an ensemble, rather than by one solo instrument.

I don't consider myself a skilled enough instrumentalist to be able to create the atmosphere that I want with just my guitar by myself.

Though the inspiration for my songs almost always comes from things that are happening around me, I am definitely not always the protagonist in the songs.

I think I'm a lot happier than people might think from listening to my songs.

Just because I write in the first person doesn't mean that all my songs are autobiographical.

Every single record I make is an act of faith in a sense, and somewhere I also have faith that the people who need to hear my music somehow will.

I am very, very grateful to have the best and most supportive fans ever.

So fine a medicine is the will to action.

Life is too short to be anything but happy. So kiss slowly. Love deeply. Forgive quickly. Take chances and never have regrets. Forget the past but remember what it taught you.

I am quite a relaxed person out of the car, but in the car I am aggressive, I never give up, I fight to the end and I try 100% all the time.

History, like a badly constructed concert hall, has occasional dead spots where the music can't be heard.

Whitewashing the pump won't make the water pure.

I'd rather sit down and write a letter than call someone up. I hate the telephone.

Jamie' is what my mother gave me, and that takes the onus off of being big. Somebody thinks, 'Oh, Jamie - how threatening can he be?

I've always been a multi-passionate woman, so my passion for business existed right alongside my passion for dance.

I have always been edified by Hebrew prayers.

Sometimes I look at it [Valley of Violence] and go, "How did we do that?" But it's a credit to Ethan [Hawke], he had done White Fang, so Ethan is like, "Oh God, that's right."