Writing a song is a personal thing, and you have to have a lot of trust to try things and not be embarrassed.

When you watch your mum and dad sing and they're happy and it brings them joy, it is then a natural choice to go where the joy is. Music was always that place in our family.

To me, guitar notes are the most beautiful sounds in the world.

More than attitude, posture has also been used throughout history to communicate one’s status in society.

The telephone becomes an instrument of torture in the demonic hands of a beloved who doesn't call.

Writing a story is kind of like surfing, as opposed to the novel, where you use a GPS to get somewhere. With surfing, you kind of jump.

A child is owed the greatest respect; if you have ever have something disgraceful in mind, don't ignore your son's tender years.

No one is going to beat the crap out of me more than me.

In response to the question, 'How can we help to promote world peace?' Mother Theresa replied, 'Go home and love your children.

The creak of bed springs suffering under the weight of a restless man is as lonely a sound as I know.

After I was injured, I had several good examples of "Get on with it, stop whinging and life can be what you make it," because the world doesn't stop turning when you have a boo-boo.

I'm always disappointed after an audition when I don't get a part and I hear, "Oh, she was too X, or too Y," and it's too much of a quality.