When I was a kid, for me, the '60s seemed so far away. But I was actually born in the late '60s.

When someone asks if you'd like cake or pie, why not say you want cake and pie?

I have three siblings. My sister makes music. My older brother is a classical conductor, and my younger brother is a mixing engineer.

You should try to get what you want in life and try not to be limited.

I learn so much from writing with other musicians, asking questions about their playing style and gear, and hanging out, too.

I want to work on some more complicated baking... and it would be interactive!

The guys in my band are great-we watch movies, we eat pizza, take walks, read books. Everybody has a really great sense of humor. And my boyfriend comes and visits me on the road.

My overnight success was really 15 years in the making. I'd been writing songs since I was 6 and playing in bands and performing since I was 14.

When all the stars were falling, they fell from above, and I thought of hate, and I thought of hate, and then I thought of love.

You tried to hide between the lines of a story never told.

If we all leap before we crawl, we might fall.

The trouble with being patient is that eventually you get tired of it.

Maintain focus on what God called you to do.

The terms of the 2008 constitution [which ensures the military will continue to be the ultimate authority] could not benefit Burma in the long run. I think this constitution should be revised.

The goal of higher education should be to champion the airing of all honest viewpoints. Nothing less is acceptable.

I walked around the block twice, passed 200 people and failed to see a human being.

I get to interact with a bunch of young people that are up against despair constantly.

I can't judge the way other people behave. I can only look at myself.

There are some great values in Christianity, but I think the values are located more deeply in our humanity than they are in our religion. There are certainly some survival values.

I still favor alternatives to governmental race-based preferences.

They can pump whatever they want into my arm but it takes more than that to keep a person going once she's lost the will to live.