I had nothing to fear from my father.Except his disappointment.Which was no small thing.

What she did have, after raising two children, was the equivalent of a PhD in mothering and my undying respect.

Tombstones don´t list jobs, they list relationships-mother, wife, daughter.

The question was whether James would love me if I was someone else.

I thought about being a teacher for three thousand years. It wouldn’t have made my Top Ten Things to Wish For list.

To me, my brand is luxury, it's art, it's women, it's raw, it's urban.

You put a song on the record or on tape and you stop singing it. You just don't sit around and sing it anymore unless you're performing. That's kind of sad.

I believe an invitation from the Commission on Presidential Debates is similar to a draft notice - a civic responsibility.

You have a lot more freedom to explore and improvise in a Canadian film, which you might not have when there's 13 different production companies that all have serious equity investments.

I got a scholarship to Seattle University and I was writing arrangements for singers and everybody. But the music course was too dry and I really wanted to get away from home.

Every songwriter lives to have at least one song that a cab driver who asks 'You write anything I know?' will recognize.

There should be some kind of radar that lets you know when your soul mate is nearby.

Women play with their beauty as children do with their knives. They wound themselves with it.

Lying is the strongest acknowledgement of the force of truth.