I've followed my voice rather than forcing it to emerge.

What I like is not a particular genre, it's storytelling. There's a lot of great storytelling in jazz, and in folk and in country music.

If I can make something real and it's appreciated and accessible to other people, I'm happy.

People are a lot more open than even they think they are. And I feel like I carry a heavy story about where I come from and those roots, but also what I like as a thinker.

I just want something that is real and that moves people. And just want to make something real.

Just because I'm a recording artist doesn't mean I'm not an artist. Because I had to grow.

I'm not angry. I can't sing that loud for that long anyway, I'll start coughing - I don't have the instrument for it. I don't feel that emotional. I'm at peace.

Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke.

Playing along in the yard, The blue sky sparkles against the earthly green, Creating such harmony!A pond, nearby.Untroubled waters mirrors the ether's dreams.A grand echo of my Divine Heart!I am One

Most of Hollywood is about making money - and I love money, but I don't make the films thinking about money.

Who has gone hungry learns to think of the future and of the children.

Never let anything cause you to doubt your ability to demonstrate the Truth.

Live free, child of the mist,- and with respect to knowledge we are allchildren of the mist.

It turned out that building mobile software was a lot more like building hardware... where you had 1 shot and you had to get it right, right out of the gate.

When I was in London for The Brits recently I read that I had asked for a Jacuzzi in the dressing room - how ridiculous is that?

He who lives by the crystal ball will eat shattered glass.

22 million new jobs under President Clinton. 3 million lost under Bush.