It takes us a long time to write a song that we all really like, so it makes sense that it would take a while for the listener to get there, too.

You gotta lean towards the things that make you like yourself. Forget everything else.

It is the melody and the rhythm that are by far the most important and then words and imagery and stuff, story bits will start to stick to a melody and that is the way I write.

I became at peace with the darkness or the personality that I have. I am usually pretty funny and happy.

I drink wine on stage to sort of loosen my grip on reality a little.

My parents know that I have always been sort of a dark melodramatic kid, so they were never concerned.

A song is a song and, if I am emotionally connected to do it, whether it is sad or not sad, I am going to chase that song.

I don't want somebody telling my daughter who she can marry, or what she can do with her body. That's what was at stake.

Maybe because I have spent too much of my life in rock clubs. I don't really go to parties anymore either. I'll usually be in the bus by 11:30 after a show.

I actually don't go to shows anymore. Rock concerts have lost their appeal for me.

Live on coffee and flowers. Try not to worry what the weather will be.

put your future in good hands- your own

I mean, sometimes I hate interviews because I always feel like I sound stupid.

Indeed, the great paradox of the writer's life is how much time he spends alone trying to connect with other people.

It's just blind luck when a woman is born into a wealthy family and attends the best colleges and joins top sororities.

Securities, certitudes and peace do not lead to discoveries.

Part of the thrill of guiding children into adulthood is the release. But it's also a parent's greatest act of surrender. Still, you have to let them go. Start now.

The things that are important to me - being a mother, a businesswoman, an activist - are all things that were borne out of great passion.

Property isn't theft: it's nothing.

It's the familiar love-hate syndrome of seduction: "I don't really care what it is I say, I care only that you like it."

Words kill, words give life; they're either poison or fruit--- YOU choose.