It is the melody and the rhythm that are by far the most important and then words and imagery and stuff, story bits will start to stick to a melody and that is the way I write.

You gotta lean towards the things that make you like yourself. Forget everything else.

I became at peace with the darkness or the personality that I have. I am usually pretty funny and happy.

I drink wine on stage to sort of loosen my grip on reality a little.

My parents know that I have always been sort of a dark melodramatic kid, so they were never concerned.

A song is a song and, if I am emotionally connected to do it, whether it is sad or not sad, I am going to chase that song.

I don't want somebody telling my daughter who she can marry, or what she can do with her body. That's what was at stake.

Maybe because I have spent too much of my life in rock clubs. I don't really go to parties anymore either. I'll usually be in the bus by 11:30 after a show.

I actually don't go to shows anymore. Rock concerts have lost their appeal for me.

Live on coffee and flowers. Try not to worry what the weather will be.

Not all the songs are real events, but I do write about stuff that is close to my heart and it comes out one way or another.

Spiritual authority is the direct result of God doing a greater work in the deeper areas of a leader’s life.

You can chase love. If you are lucky enough to catch it…is it really yours?

I had never before met anyone who owned a telephone and believed in dragons.

A man of science doesn't discover in order to know, he wants to know in order to discover.

I have a friend who says the best boyfriends are ones with intimidating, good-looking older brothers. The boyfriends try harder because they're so insecure. Maybe I'm the female equivalent.

You could listen to Woody Guthrie songs and actually learn how to live.

If we spend our time obsessing with the future or regretting the past, then we will never live. Tomorrow will always be tomorrow and yesterday cannot be changed.

I'm conservative. I was raised conservative, and that's the way I will vote.

To grasp and hold a vision, that is the very essence of successful leadership-not only on the movie set where I learned it, but everywhere.

With dance, it's about education. I'm teaching a lot. I teach the foundations of hip-hop.