People tend to turn to the type of entertainment that has an escapism quality.

I put a drop of lavender essential oil on my pillow before I go to sleep.

I'm singing background on one of Blondie's songs on her new album

There was a big question as to whether or not different generations have grown up differently

When I first got pregnant, I freaked out. Then I had to remind myself: I'm turning 30

Every prop, every shot, every pearl that rolled across the floor was exactly how I wanted it to be.

I experimented with weed, Ecstasy, mushrooms and mescaline for about a year and a half.

I'm not a happy-ending person. I want to know what happens once Cinderella rides off with Prince Charming.

In the Emperor's New Clothes, they got a different celebrity to do each voice. They drew up a picture of each character and then each actor wrote their own part

Kids aren't going to understand single life in New York City

I love directing. It's where my heart is, and it's the way my mind works.

Meditation is a spiritual human activity like mourning, fasting, or praying, and is not limited to one religious group while remaining unavailable to others. (103)

It's not nice to say it - I know female musicians, but not so many rappers. I can't think of one I idolize, which is sad, but I'm hoping that will change.

People really respond to the songs when I play them in concert. Every song comes from a different place emotionally or from a different headspace.

Music is about expressing things you can't in everyday life.

I eat healthy most of the time, but I love chocolate. I can't help it!

To experience real agony is something hard to write about, impossible to understand while it grips you; you're frightened out of your wits, can’t sit still, move, or even go decently insane.

It seemed pathetic and terrible to me and it still does, that men and women work eight hours a day at jobs that bring them no joy, no reward save a few dollars.

He who knows he has enough is rich.

The demand for absolute purity of genres is becoming nowadays an anachronism in literature.

God never shuts one door without opening a bigger better door. Hang in there. You are closer to success than you may think.