You're just playing, playing, playing, and then an image or something will come into your mind, and basically you're just narrating it with music, letting it move along.

I hope I'm better today than I was yesterday. I don't believe in glory days or anything like that, so I think the best is tomorrow or later this afternoon!

Choke me in the shallow water before I get too deep.

Becoming a mom made me more contentious about expressing my true taste.

I'm not aware of too many things, I know what I know, if you know what I mean.

You feel like a prisoner if you don't create. You're jailed up inside of yourself.

Religion is a smile on a dog.

But who cares? I can honestly look back and realize that everything happened for a reason. Everything that fell apart has fallen back into place beautifully and magically.

There's nothing I hate more than nothing.

When I look at my kids, and the ease with which they pick up music, I wish I had that.

It's hard to believe that you're really here, so I just pretend that you're not here.

The portieres were drawn across the French windows now, veiling the stars outside - that were there nevertheless. ("Speak To Me Of Death")

The measure of success is not by opulence but by happiness

Many large corporations are actually modeled on hell, ' Brother Frank added. 'The policies and organization are almost idential. Hell, of course, is much worse.

When girls come up and say, "You're my role model," it's really flattering, but it's also really scary because I'm not perfect and I'm going to make mistakes.

Tattoos...are the stories in your heart, written on your skin.

Punishment - The justice that the guilty deal out to those that are caught.

In this lifetime you can lose everything. Everything passes here.

The Past is the textbook of tyrants; the Future is the Bible of the Free.

Have I got a black book? Yes, it's called a mobile phone. I do get offers. There is no shortage of people if you want to go on dates - working in TV, living in L.A., it is there if you want it.

One of my sensory problems was hearing sensitivity, where certain loud noises, such as a school bell, hurt my ears. It sounded like a dentist drill going through my ears.