I like rules that are broken.

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 to make great albums.

I didn't go to college.

I have always wanted to see what the vibe was like and I was right It's on the Vermillion Bayou.

And though some days it is very hard, I try not to live for the future. And I try not to dream of the past.

Some broad themes brought me where I am today. At a very young age, my hobby became thinking and finding connections.

The likeness of the world? A shadow! And world's glory? A dream!

The best way to stop a bad habit is never to begin it.

If it's a real dream it's uncrushable.

To suffer together is to suffer with beauty.

Beatrix, do you know what happens to girls who ask such naughty questions?” “They’re ravished in haylofts?” she inquired hopefully.

Let's face it, all the good stuff happens after midnight.

I sit and talk to God, and he just laughs at my plans.

Where two nations are gonna have a summit and a joint agreement's gonna be announced, the joint agreement and the language is all decided before the summit ever happens.