I want to go and see things as a fan again. I am a fan, but I can't remember what it feels like to be a fan anymore. Because I've become an artist. I've become the artist.

In my hometown memories are fresh.

Music isn't for the eyes, it's for the ears

I don't make music for eyes. I make music for ears.

Be brave and fearless to know that even if you do make a wrong decision, you're making it for a good reason.

I've never had a problem with the way I look. I'd rather go for lunch with my friends than go to a gym.

I have insecurities of course, but I don't hang out with anyone who points them out to me.

Don't underestimate the things that I will do.

A drunk tongue is an honest one in my opinion.

I like having my hair and face done, but I'm not going to lose weight because someone tells me to. I make music to be a musician not to be on the cover of Playboy.

I've got some news... I'm delighted to announce that Simon and I are expecting our first child together. I wanted you to hear the news direct from me, obviously we're over the moon.

Your desire to make art -- beautiful or meaningful or emotive art -- is integral to your sense of who you are.

Sure, we thought the acresThat we tilled were sacred, But how could we have knownThat wheat can haunt like ghosts

If my work is accepted, I must move on to the point where it is not.

And you still haven't answered any of my one-hundred ten questions, or my follow ups.

There are so many people that would be lined up to get their cut that even trying to finance a reboot of 'Frasier' would be nightmarish.

Pray anyway. Who knows what God can do through your prayer?

To be blessed is to live in gratitude, so that God can fulfill you forever.

What I do in my book is let people know about these programs.

I want to write so well that a person is 30 or 40 pages in a book of mine ... before she realizes she's reading.

The writer is the person who stays in the room.