Music should be poor. Music should be with out air conditioning. That's just the way it is.

You can't roll a joint on an iPod, buy vinyl.

I think a lot of people think that my parents' deaths is why I write such sad songs, but that's not true. Those songs may just be the woman I am.

Be exceptional. Make tremendous efforts to be extraordinary. What a privilege to be here on the planet to contribute your unique donation to humankind. Just make sure you do so.

I feel like I've kind of gotten to a peaceful place in my heart.

So it's the greatest compliment in the world when people want to hear you sing. That means it feels good to them, so I keep doing it.

I am very picky about my people and my beer.

I've pretty much run the circle of labels and dealing with that whole kind of battle, because you're the one creating the music, but you're not the final say. That's always been hard.

I like rules that are broken.

I like to make great albums.

I didn't go to college.

We are all citizens of the world and we owe it to the world to make it a better place.

Tell people how it is, be real and be honest.If you see something wrong make sure you speak up.Being this way will naturally eliminate the snakes and fakes.

There’s an old Chinese saying that I just love, and I believe it is so true. It goes like this: ‘The temptation to quit will be greatest just before you are about to succeed.’

Behavior is what a man does, not what he thinks, feels, or believes.

It was kind of easier for me to do records that didn't take a year or two years of my life to write and to make.

You have to build a culture of philanthropy. In a country like India, we need to be sensitive and caring about the poorer, more disadvantaged section of our country.

There are people who are afraid to go to confession, forgetting that they will not encounter a severe judge there, but the immensely merciful Father.

Whether life is worth living depends on whether there is love in life.

My mom always made sure I lived my life as a regular kid.

Experience is the great teacher; unfortunately, experience leaves mental scars, and scar tissue contracts.