. The key to all of that is keeping hold of humility and keeping hold of the people around you, and making sure you stay grounded with your family and friends.

That's the beauty of song writing. You never know when inspiration will come or how it will hit, you just gotta kinda grasp a hold of it and make sense of it somehow.

Im so fascinated by the human longing for meaning. The way we relate romantically to each other is so much to do with our longing for meaning as well.

When you work on an album for three and a half years, you're kind of ready for it to get out there. To have your songs reach people.

My process is to be by myself when I record. It's quite an emotional performance to pull off when someone else is in the room. I prefer to go away and have my own time with it, bring it in later.

I want to be the kind of artist who keeps pushing on every album. I don't want to settle on a sound.

America is definitely something I'm pretty excited about.

Just try to keep the heart turned outward, as well as having moments inward.

There's a vulnerability in music but you've also got to protect your sacred place and have a place you can still retire to that no one else knows about. So that's a thing I just try to balance.

The fun of being in the pop world is you can really play with people's perceptions of what the word pop means.

I like challenging people. I love pop music that can just throw you off.

I like a girl with a substantial bottom, ' said Renoir, drawing in the air the size bottom he preferred.

Never marry who doesn't love you, If you do it, your ordeal will turn into hell.

Taking care of yourself, taking time for yourself & rewarding yourself is NOT selfish. It’s important & absolutely necessary!

I also like to follow nature's rhythm. In times or places, they have their own rhythm. So you cannot push it. So we must accept that as well. Wherever we're born at this time, we just live it.

I can't change something that I've been all my life. But I can work to express myself and talk more.

Woolsey bites on occasion

How much do I love you? I'll tell you no lie. How deep is the ocean? How high is the sky?

I think I'm realising more and more that I've got a job to do and I can't be doing the big nights out and working to my full potential the next day. I feel much better for it.

Bobby McGee' was the song that made the difference for me. Every time I sing it, I still think of Janis.

I speak for all mediocrities in the world. I am their champion. I am their patron saint.