I went to study some orchestration stuff because I got so inspired working with all the orchestras.

I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own.

My dad's Irish music was such a huge influence.

In fact, I'd just like to own something. Everyone thinks I'm glamorous, rich and famous but all I've got is some recording equipment and a battered old BMW.

I always want to bring emotion across in a straightforward way. I don't want to get histrionic when I'm singing. For me that's just not interesting; it goes too far down one road.

The older you get, the more you realize you're drifting toward a direction, and sometimes your significant other drifts into an opposite direction. You can't blame anybody for it.

I really enjoy being single again. I spent a lot of time in a relationship and the nearer we came to the end, the more difficult it got. You don't see things clearly as long as you're still involved.

There will be no white flag above my door, I'm in love and always will be

It's great to just disappear, grab a suitcase, switch the answering machine on and just go somewhere else.

Inside everybody's hiding something.

And we danced, and we drankAnd I've seen something you probably never got the chance to seeDon't worry, MaryCause I'm taking care of DannyAnd he's taking care of me

it's hard to talk sensibly with giants - their massive heads tend to get lost in the clouds

People said experience is the best teacher. Until they found a fact that experience is the worst and most painful teacher.

The way of peace is the way of love. Love is the greatest power on earth. It conquers all things.

I just like that dynamic in relationships in movies where they're kind of lovers as rivals, you know?

Oh, I was completely hooked on movies and plays and theater from the time I was a day old; I was very, very early on in love with movies and I loved plays.

Whatever we do would likely happen before or during the events of Mass Effect 3, not after

How will a President Trump bind those wounds rubbed so raw by this campaign?

Seeming contentment is real discontent, combined with indolence or self-indulgence, which, while taking no legitimate means of raising itself, delights in bringing others down to its own level.

He who neglects what is done for what ought to be done, sooner effects his ruin than his preservation.

If you wait for people to come to you, you'll only get small problems. You must go and find them. The big problems are where people don't realize they have one in the first place.