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When I was very young, I played in a punk-rock band, but I also studied music theory and classical music.
For those people who want to keep following trends, you do that and when the trend goes away so will you.
For the first few years of my life my mom used to cut my hair so there were a lot of bowl-cut hair styles
I'm good but not great at 'Madden'. I have friends that their whole life is based around this video game.
Brooklyn is not the easiest place to grow up in, although I wouldn't change that experience for anything.
I've finally found somebody who's up to the task of being my wife, because I'm very ... high maintenance.
I'm glad if people can listen to some music and maybe fix some prejudices of their own, just by thinking.
I don't know if I could lip-sync while waterskiing. I had to do that on horseback and it was a nightmare.
If people really like your music but you're not selling so many records, I don't think it really matters.
I had very modest expectations when I first moved to New York. I didn't even expect to get a record deal.
My denim jacket had 'I love GNR' and 'I love AC/DC' written all over it, but I always came back to swing.
I've learned stuff, and I've forgotten stuff, but what I do know is that it really is all about the fans.
There's a danger in loving somebody too much, and it's sad when you know it's your heart you can't trust.
I've left Bethlehem, and I feel free. I've left the girl I was supposed to be, and some day I'll be born.
I'm glad I made a piece of art that can be interpreted so widely. Art is always interpreted subjectively.
Divorce isn't just the person, it's everything that goes with it - your kids, the adjustment, everything.
As individuals, I just think that our biggest responsibility is to be self-aware, and some of us are not.
I realized that I've lived half my life already, and it's time to believe in - and stand up for - myself.
Once you figure out what respect tastes like, it tastes better than attention. But you have to get there.
I read all the time. I love it. My fantasy would be to be locked into a library. I'd be very, very happy.
If my brother and I wanted money in our pockets, we had to get jobs - my first was at 15, at Burger King.
'Trapped in the Closet' is pretty much forever. I've got a leash on this thing now. I'm going to walk it.
Of course it's fantastic to have bands formed in garages, but there is a market for other types of music.
But I don't want to sing everything out of the side of my mouth, I want people to understand what I mean.
Isaac Hayes told me once, 'There's no such thing as old-school. Either you went to school or you didn't.'
Love is a special word, and I use it only when I mean it. You say the word too much and it becomes cheap.
Michael Phelps and Willie Nelson are teaming up to do an album. ... They're covering The Doobie Brothers.
For me, it's not about quick grabs and quick sales; it's about having a sound that will last and sustain.
After you're dead [...] it's not gonna matter if you have a few scars. It will matter if you didn't live.
Faith without works is like a song you can't sing. It's about as useless as a screen door on a submarine.
There are characters in [punk] that do deliberately go as far as they can in certain kind of taboo areas.
I really have paid my dues. When I get to stay in fancy hotel suites these days, I remind myself of that.
I think people take the word 'feminist' really seriously, and I think people are scared to use that word.
Oh God, don't let me go on Amazon Prime at one in the morning 'cause I always buy something I don't need.
We need to have a taste factor in our life. It isn't about what's popular; it's about what's really good.
I've deliberately tried to calm myself down because eventually I want to be a good role model to my kids.
There is nothing normal about a musician's lifestyle; I don't have a nine-to-five job at the post office.
As soon as a norm is established, people start questioning it, which is probably a good thing in the end.
You realize that the first Bryan Ferry album was pretty good although at the time it seemed a bit cheesy.
My father, being a Scotsman, taught me to look after finances. I'm shrewd. Some people may call me tight.
When the one you love is in love with someone else, don't you know it's torture, I mean it's living hell.
I've always been able to get inside a song really easily, and if it's my song, I can make it seem honest.
It's a great experience just to understand that finally being well known is not the most important thing.
I don't like planning what am I gonna say to the crowd. Sometimes the show takes a whole different twist.
Being a human being is lost. For 120 shows, the one that goes bad is the one that people will talk about.
If I had to choose, it would be dancing. Dancing is my first passion and it's gotten me where I am today.
Once a song's out there, it's no longer mine. And that's the whole purpose of music: to belong to people.
I did musical theatre for about four years. One time, I did six shows in one year whilst juggling school.
Late night writing is also good, too, but in New York, you've got neighbors. I try to be a good neighbor.
I'm starting to believe in the power of a name. Because it can't be a mistake if I just call it 'change.'