I think the cynicism that you have when you've just gone through a break-up is a luxury that you allow yourself for a while.

I make a living from storytelling - if you're a public person and you sing songs about getting married to get a visa, and you are actually doing that, you're gonna end up in trouble.

I would cut off my right arm to be someone's lover.

What's broken can always be fixed What's fixed will always be broken

You don't get over a broken heart/ You just learn to carry it gracefully.

I would never kiss anyone/ Who doesn't burn me like the sun.

I had a period in my life when I was eight or nine when I was so scared of dying that I wouldn't go out of our house for a whole year.

I really think I need to find a home. I don't know if that includes a girlfriend or not, but first I need to find a home, definitely.

I hate when songwriters refer to their songs as babies.

I must admit that it seems like my mind really reconstructs some things, and in a very - I just know that it seems like some things are not as I remembered them when I do some investigation.

I think all of my songs are either based on personal experience or will be based on personal experience, because I do write a lot of songs prophetically.

Being gifted means facing the next level of depth without ever being repulsed by the curse that comes with the magic of being different.

We are not in a position in which we have nothing to work with. We already have capacities, talents, direction, missions, callings.

Thanks to President Obama, being a woman will no longer be a pre-existing condition!

Whether it means having a show, or a movie, or just being on a stage, I need an avenue to say what I have to say.

Your criticism may be worse than the conduct you are trying to correct.

A team like Golden State, when they get into a rhythm they make shots.

I'm definitely not the person to be giving anybody dance lessons.

You can only get over your fears if you attack them head on.

Go ahead, fail. Try to avoid mistakes, though.