It's occurred to me I need to laugh at myself more and that I don't need to be some sad folk singer all the time. I don't want to be the queen of pain.

Fame is a can of worms I haven't really had to contend with.

Most everything means nothing, except some things that mean everything.

You must always know how long to stay; and when to go.

I think there are times when a song can be a spiritual experience - just making music, in general, is pretty much that.

Most people like the sad songs. Some of the oldest songs known to man are sad. Listening to a voice singing something sad is a really great way to help you to feel sad when you need to.

I grew up as a Catholic, and there was so much that was beautiful there, and also so much that was troubling. The whole patriarchal thing, the whole male-dominated approach, really bothered me.

I think listeners are hungry to hear quality.

I don't necessarily buy any key to the future of happiness, but I need a little place in the sun sometimes or I think I will die.

Often I have to move my body in a certain way, like exercising, to begin to get into the right rhythm for writing a song.

But darling, I wish you well On your way to the wishing well

We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams.

Now here you see it takes all the running you can do to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else you must run at least twice as fast as that!

With randomness it is very unlikely to be embarrassed, but even if you get embarrassed, you can't replicate it.

Everything you do has to drive content, and the rest takes care of itself.

The main character of any living system is openness.

Being your best when your best is needed. The ability to enjoy challenges when things become difficult and to derive exhilaration from them.

I think all good actors are personalities. If they're not, they're not stars. What makes you a star is horsepower.

We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?

All movies are inherently collaborative, and animation even more so. There are hundreds and hundreds of people involved with an animated movie.

We are never more true to ourselves than when we are inconsistent.