I had a very strict upbringing with my dad and was very close to my mum, who was extremely loving.

For the most part, pianos are female to me. Sometimes they're dykes, and they're always good fun.

Women must understand that simply attacking or hating men is just another form of disempowerment. A woman has to realize that when she makes a man crawl it doesn't give her power.

Guys would sleep with a bicycle if it had the right color lip gloss on. They have no shame. They're like bull elks in a field.

Healing takes courage, and we all have courage, even if we have to dig a little to find it.

Some of the most wonderful people are the ones who don't fit into boxes.

We are all fairies living underneath a leaf of a lily pad.

It's emotional blackmail to say if you're a good businesswoman and a musician, you're betraying your music.

People think I'm nuts because I can sit in a room and be happy by myself.

The sense of loss is such a tricky one, because we always feel like our worth is tied up into stuff that we have, not that our worth can grow with things we are willing to lose.

Some people hide more than others, and it does intrigue me.

Everything is going to change. We just need to see how those changes are going to play out, for better or worse.

Fear makes a cub sound like a lion.Faith makes a lion sound like a cub.

Instead of looking at life as a narrowing funnel, we can see it ever widening to choose the things we want to do, to take the wisdom we've learned and create something.

The truth is, terrorism flourishes in places of injustice rather than in places of poverty.

There are some desires that are not desirable.

Success is best when its shared

I'm a mess of unfinished thoughts.

Six foot six he stood on the ground He weighed two hundred and thirty-five pounds But I saw that giant of a man brought down To his knees by love

I often really like to play with documenting my performances cinematically. Cinematic documentation is much more interesting than the performance itself.

In some ways, America has grown up to be a masterpiece of self-concern.