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I'm not a down-in-the-dumps person. I think some people assume that I am because of the music I write.
I spent years shaking the damage that comes with being burned by living near someone else's spotlight.
The Woodstock dove on the iconic poster is really a catbird. And it was originally perched on a flute.
When I put that first Vine out, I was just doing it for fun; there was no wanting to become an artist.
I don't feel like me unless I have my hair shaved. So even when I'm an old lady, I'm going to have it.
We're very physical creatures, and we worry about how we look sometimes more than our spiritual selves
Marriage is a walk in the park compared to being a single mother or father. I'll take that walk later.
I heard that your brain stops growing when you start doing drugs. Let's see, I guess that makes me 19.
I walked in, looked around, and the navy recruiter was a really hot brunette, so I signed up with her.
The way you walk, way you talk, way you say my name; it's beautiful, wonderful, don't you ever change.
I can't deal with someone wanting to take a relationship backward or needing space or cheating on you.
When you see something bad happening out in the world, you should try to help in whatever way you can.
So there are different examples of fairy tales, and sometimes I believe in them and sometimes I don't.
Sometimes when you're writing on a ukulele, you're in a totally new land, rhythmically or melodically.
I think you need a concrete, real-world metaphor to talk about inner life without feeling like a jerk.
I don't want to be overly philosophical, but I think there are things you earn for yourself as you go.
I'll usually run an ice-cube over my skin to close all the pores. That's pretty much my daily routine.
Break windows, smoke cigars, and stay up late. Tell 'em to do that, they'll find a little pot of gold.
There are problems with the single already. I don't want to put out the first single, Hit the Freeway.
I see the dream and I see the nightmare, and I believe you can't have the dream without the nightmare.
I'll be honest, watching the music industry collapse has been demoralizing and disheartening at times.
Kids think books are cool, especially when they see that people they think books are cool are reading.
There is also something exciting about the risk. Somewhere in me is a sadist that likes pain, I guess.
The same parts of my brain get as excited as when I study bio or read a novel and write a paper on it.
When I was really little, I loved Whitney Houston. I thought she was the prettiest thing in the world.
Definitely Muddy Waters has been a prime influence for anybody who's ever done anything rock 'n' roll.
I never paid attention to what was contemporary or what was commercial, it didn't mean anything to me.
People who create art would be fools to assume they know exactly what people are going to think of it.
I think sometimes songwriting becomes diluted when you have lots of components to mask a lack of core.
I am responsible for me. I can kind of take care of what I need to do and should do what I like to do.
Sickness, doctors, that scares me, not violence -- helplessness. That's why I turn to violent stories.
Nobody knows I'm Elvis, nobody knows this is me. After all of my tries, I've got the perfect disguise.
I got along without you before I met you and I'll get along without you a long time after you're gone.
I was the music dude that was naked all the time with the girls, and that's fine, no problem with that.
I've never had a problem with the way I look. I'd rather go for lunch with my friends than go to a gym.
I am personally am a fan of buff nails - not so much of clear polish, but a great buff nail is amazing.
I make up new lyrics to well-known lullabies. Mostly because I don't actually know a lot of the lyrics.
I left my record label, Polydor, by mutual agreement, but I'm going to carry on with my singing career.
Well, we were all in high school and we got together, and in college - we were in art college together.
Within three months I had gone from being this black sheep of the town to suddenly becoming a pop star.
Our music is never going to stop someone from bullying someone else. But you should be your own person.
But in the garden of simple, where all of us are nameless, you were never anything but beautiful to me.
And thoughts of no other man but you could possibly get through the picket lines to enter into my mind.
I just don't know any other word than "feminist" that describes a person who believes women are people.
I do believe that music has an intense power to connect us together, to inspire us to become ourselves.
I also started writing songs because I had this burning activity in my heart and had to express myself.
All I'm doing is being authentic and real and singing about the emotions I go through as a human being.
I think I've been lucky enough to have had an extended adolescence. I'm a lot like I was when I was 15.
I wanted to be a marine biologist when I was growing up and always wanted to be surrounded by wildlife.
London's inspired my wardrobe 100 per cent. Layering and having cool coats. The Brits just do it right.