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I have such a great band. We had played all this material on the road. I just wanted to let it fly.
I felt such a deep connection with dolphins. I felt like they were the only ones who understood me.
Mum is a photographer, and Dad does world music and plays almost every instrument except for drums.
I want people to have a good time. It's boring only to hear singer/songwriters spilling their guts.
Catholicism is not a soothing religion. It's a painful religion. We're all gluttons for punishment.
It is difficult to believe in a religion that places such a high premium on chastity and virginity.
There is a very modest side to me too. How far away from me is the image? It's about 20 steps away.
I like older boys, but they think, 'She's underage.' I'd love to have somebody in mind when I sing.
Bigger than any obstacle is the strength that one posses It's a power that overcomes every obstacle
I didn't want to put myself, or anyone else, asleep with another quintessential Mark Kozelek album.
I believe in the future of country music, but a future without roots is like a kite with no string.
There was a junk store in Nashville on 8th Avenue, where I bought Patsy Cline's train case for $75.
Keep doing what you do, and people that enjoy what you do are gonna buy your music and love on you.
I want people to understand that tragedy and trial does not necessarily mean that you are a victim.
Dreamland is a book, but it's my song in book form. It's translated itself into a different medium.
The only way I get back to my center is either by talking to my wife or by spending time by myself.
I love the intensity of the Psalms. No-one ever sounds bored about God or about life in the Psalms.
When I started studying for the arias it was like going into training for a heavyweight title fight
It wouldn't interest me to try to sound like Cop or something. It would be silly and soul-crushing.
It's been my dream since I was a child to somehow unite people of the world through love and music.
I want people to hear or watch something I've done and feel that I've given it everything I've got.
I can't figure it out yet, just how to make it perfect for you, but I'm closer than I was yesterday
I'm grateful. But Dre could not have done it without me. And I could not have done it without them.
Olivia Newton-John - Australia's gift to insomniacs. It's nothing but the blonde singing the bland.
I think the word 'blog' is an ugly word. I just don't know why people can't use the word 'journal.'
There is a lot of music in the world that I love that does not always get the appropriate exposure.
I'd just rather have a really sharp, interesting, smart gay son than some big dumb hetero meathead.
Sweetest High' is for the clubs, that's what it was for. It wasn't supposed to be anything serious.
You have your opinion, I have mine, and it takes all kinds of nuts and dips to make a party, right?
I think where men are credited for being strong, women are divas. I just think it's such a cop out.
I hope I don't have a big ego. I try to keep that in check. But I am a prideful person, I will say.
I didn't grow up listening to country music. I pretty much grew up rebelling against country music.
The research phase was really fascinating - I'm not a closeted nerd, I'm an out-of-the-closet nerd.
I don't want to be the next anyone. I just want to be me, now. And that means all different things.
I knew how touring was for 10 years, but it's completely different now that things are popping off.
A lot of people don't know, but I love soul food. I love fried chicken and pork chops, all of that.
Getting involved with the Boys and Girls Club helped keep me and my sister from getting in trouble.
Then come and as we lay, beside this sleepy glade, there I will sing to you my Longfellow serenade.
I thought I had a talent for alienating people, but I have no idea what it is that doesn't go over.
I think I like a challenge. I try to find projects that will push me in a new way and help me grow.
When I find a cover song that I like, I'll work away at it until I kind of believe that I wrote it.
I previously played King Tut's in Glasgow, which is one of my favourite gigs. It's really intimate.
I have my own way to stay focused. I work out every day. I exercise. I swim. I meditate. I breathe.
I don't mind being criticised, but hearing yourself described as the next James Blunt - that hurts.
I loved a lot of different kinds of music, but for my own thing, I went for the singer-songwriters.
I longed to read everything I possibly could, and the things I read in turn produced new yearnings.
Life isn't some vertical or horizontal line -- you have your own interior world, and it's not neat.
When you're a plebeian you want success, and when you're successful you want to be a plebeian again
If you own a car, you change that every few years and that's just what I'm doing with my appearance
America is two Mack trucks colliding on a superhighway because all the drivers are on amphetamines.