Well, I actually first got into music as a small child, and as I became a teen, I sought out making money from music, weather that was singing lounge gigs, backup in studios, or weddings.

To be honest, I'm not as goal oriented and ambitious as I once was.

And I think it's a real challenge to be up there sometimes with only a keyboard if they don't have a grand piano... and to try to win people over that way. It's really hard.

Time, where did you go? / Why did you leave me here alone? / Wait, don't go so fast / I'm missing the moments as they pass

The flattery is nice, but awards don't add up to writing quality songs.

I can't say I want to earn a particular award or sell a certain number of records, because even if I do that, the satisfaction only lasts five minutes.

Maybe in past years, perhaps women didn't feel quite as comfortable with revealing themselves, and their skills and their crafts... and now we are, so we're out there, just like the guys.

Generally my feeling is that I think women are just in a universal way coming out, coming to their own more. And they have more opportunity, and basically we're equal.

It scares me to speak my mind, it might sound self-absorbed, I don't say half of what I think, I wonder what I'm thinking for

I'm learning a lot about myself being alone, and doing what I'm doing.

Well, Winnepeg has everything to do with my music in the sense it was where I was born and raised, cultured and all that sort of thing. A lot of my experiences come from Winnepeg.

Loving someone is waking up a little bit earlier than they do so you can pray for their day.

This was no figment of his imagination. This was flesh, blood and pure sin in a dress.

For I say there is no other thing that is worse than the sea is for breaking a man, even though he may a very strong one.

I'm a feminist. I've always been in favor of women.

The NSA routinely lies in response to congressional inquiries about the scope of surveillance in America.

And as she jogged out of sight, they could hear her muttering, "Tentacula. Devil's Snare. And Snargaluff pods. Yes, I'd like to see Death Eaters fighting those.

One thing that you hope for when you want to be a musician is that you have that recognizable sound.

There's so many simple things that can be done to change our carbon footprint, and to reduce our carbon footprint.

I liked writing the negative ads more than - because it's more minor chords.

It's hard to say a favorite song of my father's. I listen to all his stuff; a lot of the old stuff before the '70s.