Sometimes you have to do what you don't like to get to where you want to be.

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.

People who know the value of time are always doing something valuable with their time.

Despair was a private weakness she could not afford to indulge.

I owe my life to my father. I remember that my first Christmas present was a ball. In the district where we lived, there weren't many kids who had one.

It gave me strength and toughness because I had to face reality, no matter how uncomfortable or painful it was.

I have a bachelor's and a master's in jazz.

Getting divorced was the right decision for me, but it's not the right decision for everyone else.

I would rather have the whole world against me but know that the Almighty God is with me, be called an apostate but know that I have the approval of the God of glory

You don't realize that when you're young, and you're surprised there's a lot of people at your gig - you just think it's general British-press hype.

Alcoholic: anybody who drinks more than I do.