I've also been writing for other artists, producing other artists, doing some country stuff. Those lyrics I tend to leave more universal.

I believe you can remember the future as much as the past

Find your authentic voice, become vulnerable, and then put yourself out there.

I had my dysfunctions, but music gave me peace and joy. I never felt in tune with the world. My parents always saw me as an artist, and that greatly influenced me. My art was my autonomy.

Whatever it is that you love to do, be it collect comic books or play the guitar, that you can make a living at it, do it.

I have a lot of survivor insticts, and I know when to quit. I know when to go forward it my life, but not everybody does.

My favorite movie is The Wizard of Oz. I love the fairy tale of it. And Gone With the Wind was always one of my favorites because it's so dramatic and stunning.

You don't realize 'till you get here what a moment in history you're a part of.

Psychology Today is probably one of my favorite magazines, Guitar, Guitar World. People.

I don't mean that to be egotistical, but I'm not writing fluff. I'm not writing for 8-year-olds. I'm a woman and I'm a rock girl.

Mackie is an electronics recording company backing me, and they're willing to invest giving equipment to schools that I choose, and they've already started doing that.

Never Let The Roosters Wake You!

...Come home, Bod.' ‘I think . . . I said things to Silas. He’ll be angry.’ ‘If he didn’t care about you, you couldn’t upset him, ’ was all she said.

Life itself is but the shadow of death, and souls departed but the shadows of the living.

I just grew the hair on my back. Facial hair just wasn't appealing to me. I liked it on my back, though.

The Party System was founded on one national notion of fair play. It was the notion that folly and futility should be fairly divided between both sides.

[The question for the behavioral disciplines is simply] what is better, and how do we get there?

I was born in Paris and raised in the suburbs and then lived in the countryside.

Man is the only creature who has a nasty mind.

It's about love and loss, it struck me as a meaningful and compelling story, and the shifts in reality offered up strong visual possibilities.

The New York Times carries as much weight as the FBI, and if the New York Times says there's nothing to see between Trump and Russia and Putin, then there's nothing to see.