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I was so enthralled watching 'Guys and Dolls' and learning about the Rat Pack.
I'm a big believer in that old cliché of thinking globally and acting locally.
I'm a bit of a book worm, so a lot of the songs I write are inspired by books.
If you ever forget how much you really mean to me, Every day I will remind you
Never had much faith in love or miracles, Never wanna put my heart on the line
It was a black and white only computer at the time, but it kept me fascinated.
I was playing with sound like I would have played with pots and pans as a kid.
Well, I make every song I sing personal. I've never chosen a song that wasn't.
We went to see all the shows. American musical theater and jazz were very big.
I like to dance around the house when I'm getting ready. It gets my day going.
I grew up in church, and I have a wonderful family that always supported that.
Life is a journey, you know; and a lot of journeys, you go out, you come back.
I think that U.K. audiences, in general, are very closed off. Very judgmental.
There's something about girls together, uniting, that I just thought was cool.
I was born in Argentina, and have lived in England, Ireland, Africa and Malta.
My wife and I are rock solid together and, curiously enough, always have been.
I think it's the Canadian spirit that encourages people to dream a little bit.
It's tough going out as the opening act of a band especially when you're solo.
The Italian side of my family were gypsies, and we are little hard so-and-sos.
I have found out who are my real friends, thanks to the illness and hospitals.
Most of all I like to sing my heart out to lyrics that really speak to people.
I like to stay happy, and I like to live life light and make the best of life.
And I don't think that success can be measured by how many TV shows you're on.
I had the greatest time on Broadway and made friends I never expected to make!
There's a lot of optimism in changing scenery, in seeing what's down the road.
I don't know anything except being female, so I don't know the opposite of it.
No one's coming in seeing my dogs, daughter or the crack of my ass, forget it.
I have no intention of dying young and being some stinking rock'n'roll person.
Take anything seriously in life, and you set yourself up for peril - trust me.
You will be my first, will definitively be my last, perpetually my everything.
Relationships are about helping motivate each other to be all that you can be.
There's nightingales calling, shooting stars falling, like jewels in the rain.
Major labels limit you, but I also learned my tricks from getting around that.
I've always loved literature, and the best books I read were always trilogies.
I don't mind if my skull ends up on a shelf as long as it's got my name on it.
I used to get stressed out, but my cancer has put everything into perspective.
I want to sing for people. I want them to have the music. It's a nice feeling.
I think the music business is as crass and as unrewarding as it has ever been.
We just seem to have lost all our morals and principles and values these days.
[On being overweight:] If I tried to haul ass, I would have to make two trips.
I love traveling all over the world; but it's true: there's nothing like home.
You don't see too many atheists on the deathbed. They all start cramming then.
I'm an energy vampire. I just suck off everybody's energy. But I give it back.
Jerusalem is old, Jerusalem is new, Jerusalem can hold Moslem, Christian, Jew.
No compression or as little as possible - that's how you get a good recording.
I'm not aware of too many things, I know what I know, if you know what I mean.
I'm always writing; my phone is full of ideas - melodies and lyrics and stuff.
I have an optimistic view of everything. You have to, otherwise you'd go nuts.
Music's cyclical. There's always that next generation that always comes along.
The staff, stage managers, ushers all behaved as if they respected the actors.