No, it's not dissatisfaction that inspires me to tinker with my songs, it's just restlessness.

I've done my share of busking, and it's fun until it isn't. There are musicians in the subways that will make you cry, they're so good.

I think I'm still a little too intense for my own good sometimes.

Every time I get up in the morning, melodies occur to me and I start trying to shape lyrics to melodies.

I guess I'm attracted to more archaic words because they can be imbued with more meaning, because their definition is elusive.

My favorite literature to read is fairly dry history. I like the framework, and my imagination can do the rest.

Sometimes I think I don't have much choice in the matter. It's just what happens, and I'm following my instincts the whole time.

Songwriters can sort of get away with murder. You can throw out crazy theories and not have to back it up with data or graphs or research.

All the folks I play with come from jazz backgrounds or at least appreciate spontaneity within the parameters of a pop song.

I am, in some sense, a writer. Even though I kinda downplay the word thing, I do enjoy writing sometimes.

I think when I was pretty young I got really into the tone of my instrument and I remember just playing one note for an hour to just kind of feel the resonance of the violin.

Language is fossil poetry

There are no dead ends in life, only dead end thinking.

If you don't love the Dodgers, there's a good chance you may not get into Heaven.

Age doesn't mean anything. Its all in your head. Men get sexier with age. They also get wiser and get experienced.

I'm a pretty girl who's a model who doesn't suck as an actress.

A religion that cannot stand a little laughter must be a very rotten one.

I can do anything I want, I'm eccentric!

She smelled like herself, like the wind through a tree.

Death is the end of a lifetime, not the end of a relationship.

How happy I would be if I could give figurative expression to the unconscious feeling that often murmurs so softly and sweetly within me.