I'm aware of how difficult it is to work and be a mom - I have an 11-year-old son - and I would love to help anyone else who is trying to get into the field.

Mastering is your last chance to fix or address any issues that you may have before giving birth to this beautiful baby album or track.

People always complain about The Grammys because they're not a pop contest, but they're not supposed to be a pop contest. They're about excellence.

I'm always trying to mentor young women. I speak on college campuses and I have events in my own studio where I open it up to women's groups to learn. I feel really strongly about it.

Everyone gets scared at times. It's only the fools who won't admit it.

Ariel: “Eric!”Eric: “Do not sing me back to shore! Not until you are standing on two feet!

My job as a Christian is not to get people to heaven when they die, it's to get heaven to people while they're alive

The first time Calypso came to check on [Leo], it was to complain about the noise.“Smoke and fire, ” she said. “Clanging on metal all day long. You’re scaring away the birds!”“Oh, no, not the birds!

I see little hope for democracy as an effective form of government, but I admire the poetry of how it makes its victims complicit in their own destruction.

The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. The glory of great men should always be measured by the means they have used to acpuire it.

It would be wonderful if I could see the end of civilization during my lifetime.

At the core of life is a hard purposefulness, a determination to live.

You don't get to be the bad mom and still succeed at your job and be tough. It's such a good job because it's so rare. It's a really rare job.

This album was designed to touch your soul.