I worked on my voice for 'Sweet Dreams' but only to match my speaking voice to Patsy's actual singing voice. That was my way into that character.

I never felt like I belonged in Minnesota when I was growing up there. That's why I was out the door as soon as I turned 18.

The natural state of motherhood is unselfishness. When you become a mother, you are no longer the center of your own universe. You relinquish that position to your children.

When you learn not to want things so badly, life comes to you.

I regret those times when I've chosen the dark side. I've wasted enough time not being happy.

Moments of pure happiness...come upon you unexpectedly. Don't be too preoccupied to experience them.

Everything is transient. Everything is constantly changing. The only thing we have is now.

One of the things I love about acting is that it reveals a certain something about yourself, but it doesn't reveal your own personal story.

Don't be absent from your own life.

I've never been a sunny personality. I've never been outgoing. I'm a solitary person.

Acceptance and tolerance and forgiveness, those are life-altering lessons.

Once trust is built, distance cannot kill it. Time and space alone cannot destroy authentic connection.

I climb behind the steering wheel... I drive off immediately without once looking back

The fact that the same proportionalities rule optimal running, flying and swimming is not a coincidence rather it is an illustration of the fact that a universal principle is involved.

Do not wait for the healing to arrive. It will never come. The holes will never leave or be filled with anything at all. But holes are interesting things.

All I try to do is write music that feels meaningful to me, that has commitment and passion behind it.

we live in an age which must be amused, though genius, feeling, trust, and principle be the sacrifice.

I close my eyes, hoping to slip into the same dream again, but then that never happens, does it?

Strength is not measured in muscle, but in will.

We think everyone but us need the unadulterated truth.

Sorrow is like the ocean and sometimes I wish my heart would stop.