It is so killer to collaborate with someone who gets what you're trying to say.

You can't roll a joint on an iPod, buy vinyl.

I think a lot of people think that my parents' deaths is why I write such sad songs, but that's not true. Those songs may just be the woman I am.

Be exceptional. Make tremendous efforts to be extraordinary. What a privilege to be here on the planet to contribute your unique donation to humankind. Just make sure you do so.

I feel like I've kind of gotten to a peaceful place in my heart.

So it's the greatest compliment in the world when people want to hear you sing. That means it feels good to them, so I keep doing it.

I am very picky about my people and my beer.

I've pretty much run the circle of labels and dealing with that whole kind of battle, because you're the one creating the music, but you're not the final say. That's always been hard.

I like rules that are broken.

I like to make great albums.

I didn't go to college.

When I was a kid my parents moved a lot, but I always found them.

You just wait.Soon, lovers all over the worldwill be reciting poems dedicated to you.This is my promise.

We are restless because of incessant change but we would be frightened if change were stopped.

I think that the Democratic Party is a big tent, which means that there are positions I may not agree with.

The unconscious psyche believes in life after death

Somebody tells me no, they're not going to keep telling me no, because I'm going to bother them to the point where it's a lot easier for them to say yes than keep saying no.

November, I'll give thanks that you belong to me. December, you're the present beneath my Christmas tree.

I paint my face and travel at night. You don't know it's over until you're in a body bag.

I cry a lot.' 'Yeah? Well I'm gonna change that.

I was told I would become nothing. Now I am showing people how big nothing is.