When I write, it's purging for me. It's a therapeutic process.

I'm a hypochondriac. Yesterday it was brain damage from the vodka the night before. Today, heart attack - my arm and chest started hurting at the same time.

I'm more of a tomboy than anything and then you see your name on these Top 50 Most Beautiful People lists and you're like, 'What?'

I'll say it loud and say it proud. I'm completely insane.

Something happens to people around fame and power and money - it can bring out the worst and best in people; it's a monster you have to tame.

I knew that because of who I am, and the situation I'm in, that I'd attract more critics than your average person, and that was a little intimidating, but I wanted to get out there and pay my dues.

Anytime I was in Memphis with my dad and at the house, I was happy. That was, like, a given. It was what I lived for. And I still feel the same excitement and warmth.

I was very protective of my father and I didn't like these people who hung around outside all day. They creeped me out.

I want to pave my own path artistically.

I like Jailhouse Rock and Love Me Tender. The black-and-white films. With music, I tend more toward the '70s stuff because I was at the shows for those, so they bring back memories.

I live with the things that I love: art, furniture, and objects that I have collected throughout my travels.

Mantra: My swirling mind becomes peaceful, and my body releases all tension. I surrender to the love of the universe, which heals me totally.

Divorce = Rebirth: forget the past, replan your life, improve your appearance & REJUVENATE!

Holy wisdom confounds Satan and all his wickednesses.

I felt that making records in a traditional way - putting them out in the same way, wasting loads of money - was just a pointless exercise.

Music is everything to me. I wake up and go to bed with it. I listen to all genres, depending on my mood.

We're putting a lot of pressure on ourselves for this second album and so we want to make it as great as we possibly can.

There are some short essays that are very grave, and most contemporary novels are lighter than air.

My memory is not so good so my most memorable show is the last one I played. Songs are written with intention but they only emerge in the moment.

Look, of course people are scared of entitlement reform because every time you put entitlement reform out there, the other party uses it as a political weapon against you.

An indigenous feminism has been present in every culture in the world and in every period of history since the suppression of women began.