I just don't conform very well.

You can't roll a joint on an iPod, buy vinyl.

I think a lot of people think that my parents' deaths is why I write such sad songs, but that's not true. Those songs may just be the woman I am.

Be exceptional. Make tremendous efforts to be extraordinary. What a privilege to be here on the planet to contribute your unique donation to humankind. Just make sure you do so.

I feel like I've kind of gotten to a peaceful place in my heart.

So it's the greatest compliment in the world when people want to hear you sing. That means it feels good to them, so I keep doing it.

I am very picky about my people and my beer.

I've pretty much run the circle of labels and dealing with that whole kind of battle, because you're the one creating the music, but you're not the final say. That's always been hard.

I like rules that are broken.

I like to make great albums.

I didn't go to college.

The first principle of a civilized state is that the power is legitimate only when it is under contract.

Whatever your problems in math are, I assure mine are greater.

If you value your safety, avoid holy places founded in the name of peace and brotherhood.

Patience mimics the power of infinity.

Utility is when you have one telephone, luxury is when you have two, and paradise is when you have none.

If love is like a possession, maybe my letters are like my exorcisms.

When you research prolific songwriters, it is usually later in their career they write songs that they distance themselves from, or it's about other people.

Give me the third best technology. The second best won't be ready in time. The best will never be ready.

It is not so much what we know that is important, as what we are and what we do.

You never know. Say the arena's actually a giant cake-" "Say we move on," I broke in.