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I seem to have secured some place in world of music and that's kind of all that really matters to me.
Pop music is getting so emo. It's great. Emotional girl for life. I see myself in the centre of that.
There are some truths to some of the stories, but a lot of it isn't - you just have got to let it go.
I look up to Mandy Moore, because she's really classy. But when it comes to music, I'm my own person.
I regularly visualise my body from head to toe, and wait for it to tell me if there's anything wrong.
To me, Garth, he's kind of like my guardian angel. It's like every time I need some help, he's there.
You can waste a whole lifetime Trying to be What you think is expected of you But youll never be free
But I also think it's about a person's personality that draws people in, too, not just their singing.
The rock n' roll lifestyle did have its perks, but it wasn't all limos and parties in the early days.
Don't limit yourself because you are a woman because you can do exactly the same that a guy could do.
I had piano lessons when I was younger, but I quit because I didn't want to sit and learn the scales.
I am my own audience. I always picture me and my mates and think, 'What would we enjoy listening to?'
I started to sink like the moon tends to do if you stare at it too long Then you blink and it's gone.
The first song I wrote was called 'You,' and it was a love song about somebody who didn't even exist.
Every time you opt in to kindness Make one connection, used to divide us It echoes all over the world
I just think the reassurance and the steadiness and the hands-on kindness can make a huge difference.
I don't want to die, obviously, but really, the wonder of life is amplified by the fact that it ends.
I am who I am who I am who am I Requesting some enlightenment Could I have been anyone other than me?
You seek up an emotion and your cup is overflowing, you seek up an emotion sometimes your well is dry
Sometimes you need to trust those around you because they may see something in you that you can't see
I do know the effect that music still has on me - I'm completely vulnerable to it. I'm seduced by it.
I wanted to do Dreamgirls. If they're doing a stage production of Sparkle, I think that would be hot.
Essentially I'm a melody person in a rhythm age, and that's what Broadway is really about, the songs.
Are we defending life when we just pick and choose lives acceptable to lose and which ones to defend?
I'm getting older and I'm just coming to terms that I'm stuck with me so I better try to like myself.
I'm not going to limit myself just because people won't accept the fact that I can do something else.
Money is like the tide: It rolls in and it rolls out. If you clutch it, you are not going to keep it.
If teardrops were pennies and heartaches were gold, I'd have all the treasures my pockets could hold.
I have a tendency to be awfully big-hearted and it's very hard for me to say no, even when I need to.
So many of my relatives didn't get a chance to go to school, and my own Daddy couldn't read or write.
I think my Buddhist practice has a profound influence on my life and encompasses my creative projects
The only thing that holds true happiness is that moment when you're in it. Nothing can be controlled.
And I'm afraid, in this day and age, trust, which I count so, you know, I love loyalty. I love trust.
Simon Cowell and I are great friends, and we wind each other up. Rod Stewart and I do the same thing.
It's very homely, this castle. It doesn't have huge ballrooms. I didn't want a cold, cavernous place.
What opens my heart is when my son wakes me up in the morning, nudging me and saying, 'Mommy, mommy!'
The thing that makes me feel powerful is when I make a decision about something and I make it happen.
A few years ago, I thought, I'll never make it. I started to go to the doctor to help me lose weight.
When I wrote 'Mushaboom', I was living in the second verse, but I suddenly found myself in the first.
I'm very lucky about my family, because they're just a really solid family. I owe everything to them.
Usually it is a painful process (writing), "Superman" came in 45 minutes; "100 Years" in four months.
When I went to see Kansas and Queen and Styx, I don't even remember the music. But I know what I saw.
Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
I pick up on styles, way before they get popular, pretty much before young kids do. I see 'em coming.
You know I take music seriously, right? So I expect journalists to take being a journalist seriously.
If there's ever been a dark moment in my life... well, I wanted to check out. Music was a big escape.
I did struggle with what I want to say socially, but it's important to reflect where I'm at mentally.
Sometimes a broken dream will make you sad or make you mean. Sometimes things ain't bad as they seem.
I was a drummer in the bugle band in cadets. I marched. It's probably quite funny to look back on it.
It was such a turning point to find that I had a talent and I had something to contribute, somewhere.