I would have been happy to have waited till I was in my mid- to late-30s before I got married, but you don't choose when these things happen, and when they do, there's no doubt in your mind.

It's much easier to write when you're sad. But you can end up isolated and depressed because you almost need to put yourself in that situation to have that angst to write from.

Ignore reality, there's nothing you can do about it.

Happy songs are very difficult to write. How many truly great upbeat songs are there?

I can understand why some people might look at me and say, 'What's she got to be depressed about?' I get that a lot in Britain, where mental health issues seem to be a big taboo.

I'm such a chameleon. I never get bored.

Saving animals is as simple as choosing synthetic alternatives instead of real fur.

If I start feeling down I'll gorge myself on pasta. That usually does the trick. It's the Italian blood in me.

Enjoy every moment: you never know when things might change.

It was only cool to have blond hair and be a surfer chick [in Sydney]. I could learn how to surf, but I still looked Italian. It took me a long time to realize that was a good thing.

Isolation is a big part of songwriting.

Never limit oneself based on the limitations of others. If you can not inspire them - leave them to be inspired by your lead

I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after.

I don't build in order to have clients. I have clients in order to build.

What is the most beautiful in virile men is something feminine what is most beautiful in feminine women is something masculine.

Did universal charity prevail, earth would be a heaven, and hell a fable.

Nobody said life would be easy, they just promised it would most likely be worth it.

Follow your goals and stay focused, because you really don't have much time.

I'm allergic to dogma. I thrive on riddles. Any idea I believe, I reserve the right to disbelieve as well.

I'm hoping that people should hopefully give me another chance to dream big and to deliver on those dreams.

Whereas smaller computer languages have features designed into them, C++ is unusual in having a whole swathe of functionality discovered, like a tract of 19th century Africa.