Some of the songs I wanted to be really full, [but] there's something to be said for just a voice and a guitar

Maybe I think you're cute and funny. Maybe I wanna do what bunnies do with you, if you know what I mean.

I love you more than I could ever promise because you take me the way I am.

If you wait for someone else's hand, you will surely fall down.

When I said I was born a feminist, I was born thinking woman are equal to men, if not stronger than men. That's the way I always was.

I've never been one to get up on a soapbox and preach. I just live my life the way I live my life.

Happy is the Heart that still feels Pain

Music to me is something that I didn't choose; it was a necessity. I grew up with music, my father is a musician. It makes me happy; it makes people happy.

It should be like a driver's license - no one can have an Instagram until they're 18. It's the wild, wild west, the internet.

For as long as we can trace back human life, there's always been some sort of music - ceremonies, rituals. It's part of the human makeup.

I think just letting go is a really good thing to do in many areas of your life, songwriting included.

Pull the hair on my head the wrong way, and I would be on my knees begging for mercy. I have very sensitive follicles.

I am glad my case is not serious! But these nervous troubles are dreadfully depressing. John does not know how much I really suffer. He knows there is no reason to suffer, and that satisfies him.

Be honest about what you see, get out of the way and let the story reveal itself

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength and potency to accomplish something.

Devotion is not drama. Devotion is a way of living. Devotion is the way you walk, the way you breathe, and the way your heart beats.

Arguing with people is like reading your e-mail at 4 in the morning. There is absolutely no good that can come of it. It's just scratching an itch.

Before we give the government any more money, show us some receipts.

I love it when my justifications for avoiding housework are actually legitimate.

I'm not leaving New York. And neither is anyone else. We're here. We are quintessential Americans - we're not only American, but New York-American.

Each problem has a positive side.