I'm not a nightclub person, but you need to have a social life sometimes.

It's much easier to write when you're sad. But you can end up isolated and depressed because you almost need to put yourself in that situation to have that angst to write from.

Ignore reality, there's nothing you can do about it.

Happy songs are very difficult to write. How many truly great upbeat songs are there?

I can understand why some people might look at me and say, 'What's she got to be depressed about?' I get that a lot in Britain, where mental health issues seem to be a big taboo.

I'm such a chameleon. I never get bored.

Saving animals is as simple as choosing synthetic alternatives instead of real fur.

If I start feeling down I'll gorge myself on pasta. That usually does the trick. It's the Italian blood in me.

Enjoy every moment: you never know when things might change.

It was only cool to have blond hair and be a surfer chick [in Sydney]. I could learn how to surf, but I still looked Italian. It took me a long time to realize that was a good thing.

Isolation is a big part of songwriting.

It's time to live with what we have and mourn what we lost.

The speed of change makes you wonder what will become of architecture.

To love all ages yield surrender; But to the young it's raptures bring A blessing bountiful and tender- As storms refresh the fields of spring.

The way to wealth depends on just two words, industry and frugality.

Yes I would have been able to play for Bill Parcells.

Our wills are ours, to make them Thine.

The Governor was strong upon The Regulation Act: The Doctor said that Death was but A scientific fact: And twice a day the Chaplain called, And left a little tract.

The amount of time that a young girl spends wearing pink will be inversely proportional to her future income.

Dad, your guiding hand on my shoulder will remain with me forever.

Live today. Let go of your attachment to your past as an excuse for your life conditions today. You are the product of the choices you are making right now.