I'm not particularly fond of kissing strange men-contrary to popular belief.

I think everybody has a bisexual nature. That's my theory. I could be wrong.

I think love resides in all of the songs, even when they are overtly sexual.

These days i tend to use one project I do as a kind of offshoot to the next.

Russia can be quite a dangerous place sometimes, but I never think about it.

I want fun now, life is here to enjoy, not to complicate and make difficult.

I have love in my heart, and I'm kind to people every single day of my life.

Experiencing deep sadness can, sometimes, heighten your ability to feel joy.

Every time I hear a Garth Brooks record I tend to want to hear James Taylor.

What about this overcrowded land/How much more abuse from man can she stand?

The Bible tells us that we're supposed to leave an inheritance for children.

I'm grateful to songwriting and recovery to bringing me to a place of peace.

I don't really write for catharsis; I get that kind of work done in therapy.

I learn something every time I go to work with a veteran. Every single time.

The younger Mary J. Blige, I would call her, she was very unaware, ignorant.

I can have as many bad days as anyone. But I choose to say, 'I'm just fine.'

I don't want to hurt anybody or be offensive. But I don't want to not be me.

But the Promise showed their wildest dreams had simply not been wild enough.

Loyalty is such a rare quality; but my fans are the most loyal in the world.

With my music, with what I do, I would like to bring a light into the world.

When it's allowed to be free, love is what makes life alive, joyful and new.

I'm never satisfied with what I do. I always think I can do it a lot better.

I'm never pleased with anything, I'm a perfectionist, it's part of who I am.

If a person wants to be atheistic it's his God-given right to be an atheist.

Without David Bowie, popular music as we know it pretty much wouldn't exist.

Whereas for me, touring tends to be a very strange and isolating experience.

I'm the type of person who won't cancel a show even if I don't feel my best.

Intuition tells me how to live my day, intuition tells me when to walk away.

For your kindness, I'm in debt to you. For your selflessness, my admiration.

I always wanted to be a singer, but none of my friends thought I could sing.

Performing is the easiest part of what I do, and songwriting is the hardest.

Pride is the chief cause in the decline in the number of husbands and wives.

I think probably Australians have just a little more taste than most people.

Whatever success I've had so far has been assimilated into my body and mind.

Every band wants to go believe me, not everybody makes it, but they want to.

Having the balance of a work life and a family life has been so good for me.

Time has told me not to ask for more, someday our ocean will find its shore.

I love the show 'Nashville,' I mean, that's a show that's pretty incredible.

It's not easy being a female guitar player. You have to believe in yourself.

I love interesting people with eccentric stories and outsiders of the world.

I love melon! I don't love melon; that's a bit... Melon's my favorite fruit.

I'm at the point of view that I have to look after myself in various levels.

I always think about opportunity and how you regret the things you don't do.

Make your interactions with people transformational, not just transactional.

Toyland, toyland . . . once you pass its portals you may never return again.

With Free, we were teenagers, and, ummm, there was a lot of raging hormones.

With any band, there's two sides - there's the image, and there's the music.

I hope and believe we are paving a better future for female artists to come.

There's always something that happens where I go, 'Oh, that was so awkward!'

That which makes you different is actually the thing that makes you special.

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