You don't have to justify anything. Being pissed off is absolutely ok.

For the most part, pianos are female to me. Sometimes they're dykes, and they're always good fun.

Women must understand that simply attacking or hating men is just another form of disempowerment. A woman has to realize that when she makes a man crawl it doesn't give her power.

Guys would sleep with a bicycle if it had the right color lip gloss on. They have no shame. They're like bull elks in a field.

Healing takes courage, and we all have courage, even if we have to dig a little to find it.

Some of the most wonderful people are the ones who don't fit into boxes.

We are all fairies living underneath a leaf of a lily pad.

It's emotional blackmail to say if you're a good businesswoman and a musician, you're betraying your music.

People think I'm nuts because I can sit in a room and be happy by myself.

The sense of loss is such a tricky one, because we always feel like our worth is tied up into stuff that we have, not that our worth can grow with things we are willing to lose.

Some people hide more than others, and it does intrigue me.

Success can be defined in many ways but failure in only one ... quitting!

In your heart, create a world full of flowers and love.

...tethered to the ground by quotidian conversation.... the window rosy with anemic November light.

I felt a bottomless sadness. So completely alone. Like one of my stuffed animals at home that I was too old for now, that sat on the shelf in my closet, mashed against the back wall.

Everybody knows it hurts to grow up...and we're still fighting it.

All is beautiful and unceasing, all is music and reason, and all, like diamond, is carbon first, then light.

Gratitude is the heart of Friendship.

Romney economics would spell disaster for America's middle class. In this economy there are shipbuilders and ship wreckers.

We are always just trying to be strong and yet in touch with our bodies and the only way you can really do that is to believe in yourself because that’s all that you have.

It's O.K. to accept good fortune.