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Out of all the artistic things I do, music is the most rewarding because it's so hard to write songs.
The one thing that makes me feel super lucky about my financial success is that I have a housekeeper.
My mind is full of secrets I'm too afraid to tell. My body's full of longing for you to know me well.
There's a shortage in this world of I believe in you. So say love...you never know who might need it.
Recording is best used as a pretty good reason to hang with the family of friends globally scattered.
There's a lot of people I'd like to write with, like Keith Urban or even as far out as Stevie Wonder.
I'll never be that trusting again, believing accountants and lawyers have my best interests at heart.
Yoga makes my day better as I am less likely to fall victim to my otherwise foolish & forgetful mind.
You can help me by advancing equality, supporting arts and education, and saving this goddamn planet.
Whenever I have a bunch of tunes written, I always find a kind of uniform that accompanies the songs.
Songs are really interesting in that way. Sometimes, they grow with you. Sometimes, you outgrow them.
When you make a solo record, it's you. It's your name. It has to be the right songs for how you feel.
There's certain people in your life you realise aren't exactly the people that you thought they were.
Some of my favorite poets had a tremendous sense of whimsy, so it's a writing style I guess I admire.
We all get angry and jealous sometimes, none of us is perfect, but we should not try to be different.
Ain't nothing coming easily in this life. Sometimes you gotta work, you gotta grow and it gotta hurt.
When I was 12, I wrote a list of things to do before I died. 'Own a Picasso' was one of those things.
It's not the tales of Stephen King that I've read, I need protection from the things in my head . . .
My dad was a poet. He saw the world through unique glasses, with simplicity, spirituality, and humor.
My father was an entertainer. This is, of course, one of the most marked and enduring manifestations.
The future of life on Earth depends on our ability to see the sacred where others see only the common
I love books, and all the best ones are people analysing their own emotions. You can learn from that.
If you can sort out why you feel the way you do then you might be in better shape to meet your maker.
There's only one reason we live. It's very simple. To find the creator. That's just my understanding.
When I was on 'Idol' and 17, everything was so new. Everyone is so nice and wants to see you succeed.
It's ok to be sassy, but I'll never be trashy, it's ok to be nasty, but you got to keep it classy now
Teen pop will never die as long as there are teens and popular music. It just takes a different head.
The hardest part about making movies is staying the exact same weight every day and looking the same.
There is magic within, there is magic without. Follow me and you'll learn just what life's all about.
There's always ideas buzzing around, but it's whether they actually end up materialising into a song.
Even though I'm super into tarot and astrology, I don't believe in knowing too much about the future.
My last supper would be a charcuterie smorgasbord with every kind of meat, and sauces to dip them in.
Radio in the U.K. is so formulaic. You've got commercial stations who play the same 20 songs all day.
I don't really plan what comes out of my mouth, and that's what makes most of my lyrics entertaining.
Having to go back to doing something I don't like and am not passionate about would be a tough thing.
I'm the kind of person who will set time aside to do something and then do everything but that thing.
I believe nothing happens by mistake. You know, the universe has a divine plan. That sounds dramatic.
I want to find someone who's really magnetic but who isn't going to do anything bad to me. It's hard.
In New York I pretty much live in diners - I order French Fries, Diet Coke floats and lots of coffee.
Don't close the book when bad things happen in your life! Just turn the page and start a new chapter!
Let the fame calm down first and then do something. I don't act on emotion, I don't spend on impulse.
I started out making furniture because I couldn't find certain things, and then I really got into it.
If you heard my records and no one told you, I don't think you'd know whether it's a band or one guy.
I never had the sense that there was an end: that there was a retirement or that there was a jackpot.
I was fortunate enough to meet Aretha Franklin but I was so overwhelmed that I just burst out crying.
I go through phases with money. I'll spend it liberally and then I'll panic and won't spend anything.
I gave up rock 'n' roll for the rock of ages! I used to be a glaring homosexual until God changed me!
I think good art happens on that edge between comfortable and in a lot of pain, you know what I mean?
Does anything really matter? We all end up in the same place. All that's left is our Wikipedia entry.
Sade's stuff is real deceptive. She's got stuff about prostitutes, poverty and people on the streets.