Everybody wants to write a hit song, but in Nashville people want to write the best song, which was my original intention as a singer/songwriter.

I tried to please people instead of believing in my own strength, until the only thing I could do was walk away.

I do love to perform. And I'm ever so grateful that this has turned into a job with a future.

A Grammy is a wonderful thing; all of a sudden you're given a new audience but, like anything, you have to be able to grow with these songs if you really want a long artistic career.

I was part of the first wave of singer/songwriters but I was also in that first wave of singer/songwriters who experienced the music industry when technology started to take over.

I didn't not perform.

Don't cry out loud, keep it inside, learn how to hide your feelings. Fly high and proud, and if you should fall, remember you almost had it all.

You know, somebody mentioned that I was sort of a jazz-pop singer. And I'm thrilled that somebody would find that, at last, in my presentation, because it's such a part of where I live.

We must have taken a wrong turn turning somewhere.""Where, Purgatory?" said Dozy. "We're in Hell.

I always see people tweeting about these crazy amazing things their boyfriend or girlfriend did for them. You shouldn't have to constantly be trying to prove your love when you're in a relationship.

Gravity Falls is a show about mysteries and magic but first and foremost it's a show about characters.

I can run up a wall and do a back flip - that's the most impressive thing that I can do.

What is a truthful life? A life lived with deliberateness, a good, strong life.

Turn on the dream you lived through the unwavering gaze. It is as you thought: the living burn. In the floating days may you discover grace.

I shall pray for your soul,' promised Nessarose. I shall wait for your shoes,' Elphie answered.

I'm kind of harsher than most people.

Am I a hero? I really can't say, but yes.

If I'm at home on my own and the writing isn't going well, I clean my house. And there have been times in the past few years when my house has looked really clean.