There are probably five songs in the world that I get excited about when I hear them on the radio.

Knowing now what goes into making a successful artist, it's disheartening.

I'm gonna live like tomorrow doesn't exist.

I'm an advocate of 'it's not what you are, it's who you are.'

I've got thick skin and an elastic heart.

I liked when I was naive and I thought it was just about making good music.

I get to sit at home with the dogs on the sofa, record in a closet in the office, send them off and, if I'm lucky, make a million dollars.

I may cry ruining my make up, Wash away all things you've taken.. I don't care if I don't look pretty, Big girls cry when their hearts are breaking.

I don't want to be famous, or recognizable.

People aren't honest about the horrors of fame. The downsides are so overwhelming that, for me, there is no payoff.

I'm sensitive and get easily upset and insulted.

Slavery of the heart, oh Love - a prisoner of will thou art - proof that love, while blissful, can oft also be Hell. Demonstrative definition thou art, that love can be strategic as well!

You do not need ‪God‬ to tell you what is right. You have a heart - follow that.

Only love and compassion can bring true and lasting transformation

In the Soviet Union you weren’t allowed to speak out against the government. In the US you cannot speak out against sponsors.

Chess will always be the master of us all.

I smoke all the time, one after the other.

Death is the Christian's vacation morning. School is out. It is time to go home.

There will be a time when everyone on the team is going to contribute to winning a pennant.

The Democratic Party needs to look carefully at moving towards the middle, where the American people are.

I feel like crying, so I must be crying, but it's impossible to tell because I'm underwater.