I never wanted to sound clean and pretty. I always wanted to have kind of a certain natural quality to my voice, and I wish it were more rough than it is.

I remember as a child I just would copy everyone else's handwriting, and now I have sort of a version of my sister's handwriting. And I feel like - sometimes I feel that way for my voice.

I do love being onstage. And I've always loved playing a character and being watched doing that.

The more I listened and became obsessed with singers, I feel like the more I realized that I had my own little thing that I could do.

I wasn't listening to that much classical music - not much more than anything else. I was really lucky to have parents who loved all kinds of music.

I doubt myself a lot. And I'm very, very just overly critical.

I just don't like to be in my own - I'm already myself, so I don't like to be in my own - like, watch myself.

It takes me a lot of time, and it's almost frustrating for the guys sometimes because they're waiting for a new song. And I - it's just so important for me to get the perfect, exact, right song.

We are all dying to give our lives away to something, maybe. God or Satan, politics or grammar, topology or philately (...) To games or needles, to some other person.

History says, Don’t hopeOn this side of the grave, But then, once in a lifetimeThe longed-for tidal waveOf justice can rise up, And hope and history rhyme

When you truly love yourself, you do not accept abusive relationships, because you know you deserve better.

everybody-even monsters-needed a little attention once in a while.

My style icons would be people like Brigitte Bardot and old Hollywood actresses who always look so stunning, cool and chic. I like classic and timeless looks.

I've often been accused by critics of being myself on-screen. But being oneself is more difficult than you'd suppose.

For as long as I can remember, I've always had a wild imagination and always enjoyed reading and writing.

The fluoride ion exerts its toxic effect by inhibiting the action of many enzyme systems.

...once you fell in love with her, you loved her until the day you died.

Let us not satisfy ourselves with a knowledge of God in the mass; a glance upon a picture never directs you to the discerning the worth and art of it.