My father was a minister and so rock music was banned in our house.

For the most part, pianos are female to me. Sometimes they're dykes, and they're always good fun.

Women must understand that simply attacking or hating men is just another form of disempowerment. A woman has to realize that when she makes a man crawl it doesn't give her power.

Guys would sleep with a bicycle if it had the right color lip gloss on. They have no shame. They're like bull elks in a field.

Healing takes courage, and we all have courage, even if we have to dig a little to find it.

Some of the most wonderful people are the ones who don't fit into boxes.

We are all fairies living underneath a leaf of a lily pad.

It's emotional blackmail to say if you're a good businesswoman and a musician, you're betraying your music.

People think I'm nuts because I can sit in a room and be happy by myself.

The sense of loss is such a tricky one, because we always feel like our worth is tied up into stuff that we have, not that our worth can grow with things we are willing to lose.

Some people hide more than others, and it does intrigue me.

A star never loses its shine, not even in the dark.

I never trust a man who tucks in his shirt by choice or neglects coffee in favor of tea.

It is well for us that, amidst all the variableness of life, there is One whom change cannot affect; One whose heart can never alter, and on whose brow mutability can make no furrows.

There's an old line that goes like this: An optimist is usually happy. And a pessimist is usually right. Maybe so. But which would you rather be, anyway?

She that fails to command her thoughts will soon lose command of her actions.

Let's respect women for the value - let's respect everyone, men and women, for the value they bring to the workplace.

A revolutionary should neither look or act like one to get ahead in Canada.

Love arrives on tiptoe and bangs the door when it leaves.

I don't know their names. Their names have been erased from my memory banks. If I tried to bring 'em back, I'd get shocked.

My goal as a creative person is to express truth and beauty in whatever I do