I was kind of a misfit, and when my mother died, I had to become an adult, something that I never thought I would ever be.

I have a tendency to run after people who are completely unattainable and uninterested and make a complete fool of myself.

I've spent the first part of my life in the shadow of my family. I'm not going to live in the shadow of my husband.

It's better to embrace your roots than it is to fight it, because then you're just fighting something that you're not going to win. We're like a band of gypsies, and it makes sense.

I don't like talking about music.

I always seem to write personal songs; that's always been my go-to thing, to write about what I'm experiencing.

I'm not very prolific. I'm not good at sitting down as an artist and saying 'Okay, I need to put in my four hours today.'

I think my mother was always worried about me when she was alive.

I've learnt to hide my tears on stage. They make people uncomfortable.

You know, people always ask me how I describe my music. First of all I tell them that's their job and then that also one day I hope to have things referred to as Martha Wainwright -esque.

It can often happen that motherhood can really stop a lot of women in their tracks and I wanted to try and keep working through that as much as I could.

I’ll take your body, but I want your heart, Maya.

Elvis Presley's music never meant anything to me. Mambo was the music I loved - it spoke to me.

No one's character is completely like another'sthis infinite variety is like a mirror in which we can see the infinity of God the Creator.

Profits are the ultimate measure of how efficiently we provide customers with the best products for their needs. Profits are required to survive and grow.

Time glides with undiscover'd haste; The future but a length behind the past.

I think, the people around home are very supportive to us.

Why is it that we rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is because we are not the person involved.

I don't wanna get rich - just live good.

Please keep off the grass.

I'm the only honest person in Washington.