Take me somewhere I can grow Give me something let me go Tell me something I don't know

If I don't have an outlet in which to express myself...throug h songwriting or other mediums...I get a bit jittery.

A friend is a friend forever And a good one will never leave, never

I'm a bit of a magpie: whatever I see or hear or read feeds into the songs.

Oh! To not need cognitive justification for every single thing. Wouldn't that be a life?

I was an incredibly misanthrope. I couldn't relate to people my age, and I'm not sure why, as I wasn't particularly smart or interesting

I feel sometimes that I'm in a constant state of being lost in translation, and I guess that why I write songs.

Womanhood is something you don't consider until it hits you.

Age is relative. Experience is relative. And I think often intensity is confused with maturity.

It took a lot of time and practice for me to realise that there's no point trying to be something you're not.

No one starts playing my kind of music to make a fortune. But I do want to keep doing what I do and I do want to continue selling records. And I would, eventually, quite like some money.

Ignorance is worse than authorization.

Live one day at a time.Do not worry about tomorrow.

If God sends us on stony paths, He will provide us with strong shoes.

I always write well in New York.

One may ride upon a tiger's back but it is fatal to dismount.

The mother is the child's supreme parent.

To make Michael Myers frightening, I had him walk like a man, not a monster.

You have to know 400 notes that you can play, then pick the right four.

I'm convinced that a person in my position must provide a positive example to people.

Avaunt, you cullions!