I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own.

My dad's Irish music was such a huge influence.

In fact, I'd just like to own something. Everyone thinks I'm glamorous, rich and famous but all I've got is some recording equipment and a battered old BMW.

I always want to bring emotion across in a straightforward way. I don't want to get histrionic when I'm singing. For me that's just not interesting; it goes too far down one road.

The older you get, the more you realize you're drifting toward a direction, and sometimes your significant other drifts into an opposite direction. You can't blame anybody for it.

I really enjoy being single again. I spent a lot of time in a relationship and the nearer we came to the end, the more difficult it got. You don't see things clearly as long as you're still involved.

There will be no white flag above my door, I'm in love and always will be

It's great to just disappear, grab a suitcase, switch the answering machine on and just go somewhere else.

Inside everybody's hiding something.

And we danced, and we drankAnd I've seen something you probably never got the chance to seeDon't worry, MaryCause I'm taking care of DannyAnd he's taking care of me

I write about the things I feel strongly about.

Life itself is the most wonderful fairytale.

A writer's work often reflects what he or she has been exposed to in life; experiences which are the groundwork of a poem or a story.

Cleverness is cheap. It is faith that He praises.

There's the moon asking to stay long enough for the clouds to fly me away

Proud parents to two children Grandparents to five more Who visit the "Harper Bakery" It's Gran's cooking they all adore

I had a lot of enthusiasms that were very contradictory, I was never very doctrinaire in the type of design I wanted to do.

What appears to be an interruption is often an intervention.

The people believed that while the courts would be independent, they would defer to the political branches on policy issues.

I ain't as good as I once was, But I'm as good once as I ever was.

There is no use for energy of any kind whatsoever unless there is a plan back of it.