My priorities are always going to be my husband and my family now. That's a huge, huge thing.

Act as young as you feel. You're not getting older; you're getting more entitled to be your fabulous self.

Sometimes you have to sacrifice your performance for high heels.

I wanted so badly to have a backup plan for when I'm not performing anymore. Let's be realistic: it's not going to be like this forever.

After you make a fool of yourself a few hundred times, you learn what works.

Life is short and you've got to get the most out of it.

Love is when you have a bad day but then you see the one you love and everything seems to be ok

Never say never. In your life you never know what's going to happen next.

No one can force me to do something unless I'm passionate about it.

I think I've been able to fool a lot of people because I know I'm a dork. I'm a geek.

My songs are basically my diaries. Some of my best songwriting has come out of time when I've been going through a personal nightmare.

Cold prayers, like cold suitors, are seldom effective in their aims.

sometimes forgiving someone it's not because he's really sorry and deserved it, but because we were worthy of tranquility.

The best chapters in our economic history are those that embrace the many, not the few.

Buried was the bloody hatchet; Buried was the dreadful war-club; Buried were all warlike weapons, And the war-cry was forgotten. Then was peace among the nations.

What could I say to you that would be of value, except that perhaps you seek too much, that as a result of your seeking you cannot find.

You have to do what you think is the right thing, but just make sure it’s the right thing in the long run, and not just for the moment.

Guitar is the most expressive instrument in the world. I don't play much any more. Maybe a bit in private.

We call the effort to cultivate our ability to be in the present moment ‘practice’ or ‘meditation practice.’

Farewell, my old fan. / Having scribbled on it, / What could I do but tear it / At the end of summer?

The psychological and moral comfort of a presence at once humble and understanding-this is the greatest benefit that the dog has bestowed upon man.