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It's always nice to be able to capture your life's experiences in a song and hold the emotion in that way.
The people who raised me musically are my mother, who is a classically trained pianist, and my stepfather.
I think life is the most important thing and you have to live that first and then you're art comes second.
Music is the most powerful thing on this earth, and it's hard to be angry when you are listening to music.
What I know about street outreach is that it is essential to dealing with the issue of youth homelessness.
Excuse me, guess I've mistaken you for somebody else, somebody who gave a damn, somebody more like myself.
I want to continue growing as an actress. There are ways that I can reach quicker, or deeper, with acting.
When I sing, I have to live in that moment, so my audience can feel that. That is my reason for doing art.
I'm a girl who enjoys a great meal with great friends, so I'm not really that concerned about weight loss.
I'm down with the whole patron thing. Bring back the Medicis. Maybe, I'm not just a lefty, but a royalist.
You know, as a writer, I'm more of a listener than a writer, cuz if I hear something I will write it down.
Everyone knows the power of a song and it takes you back to that place. Just that power of words can heal.
Romance lasts forever, love don't fade away. They may take away our future, but they can't stop yesterday.
Sometimes I start just on the piano with a melody or musical idea that kind of leads me to certain lyrics.
I love discordancy. It makes people ill at ease and wakes up a part of their brain that's normally asleep.
I don't think there's any such thing as rock n' roll anymore - it's an amalgamation of business interests.
I couldn't have recorded this record 15 years ago. My voice didn't have the depth to pull these songs off.
In so many musicals today, the story is moved forward by a song. I don't think we're gonna try to do that.
I was born with Spina bifida. That's where you have a hole in your spine, and your nerve endings come out.
We cannot evangelize until we have been evangelized. This happens most powerfully through solitary prayer.
Sometimes you really dig a girl, the moment you kiss her, And then you get distracted by her older sister.
One thing will lead to another and somebody will come up with a riff or a line or something we build from.
To be an American is to be part of the world because America, all the people of the world come to America.
And as I got older and played more, people began to forget about my age and took the music more seriously.
With 'Idol' it's kind of just like 'OK, here's this competition - I need to do better than somebody else.'
My biggest blast-off hit was "You Raise Me Up." If you ever have a wedding or a funeral, it's a good pick.
My biggest blast-off hit was 'You Raise Me Up.' If you ever have a wedding or a funeral, it's a good pick.
I never, my producer never, we never let myself just sing. We were always trying to get the perfect vocal.
We're in a period where society seems very attracted to flash, and that seeps into people's musical taste.
My whole thing has always been as long as everybody else is going through it, I can go through it as well.
My strategy has always been to give people just enough of me, then pull back. That way, they'll want more.
Being on the road is a great habitat for creating new music because there's so many different experiences.
I've been a radical for a long time. I guess it's too bad. I'd be more marketable as a right-wing redneck.
If you're the band leader you ask more of yourself than anyone else, so they tend to raise the bar for me.
I get to come home to my family. It's awesome, just constant adventure, never a dull moment. So much life.
I can honestly say that I am happier now than I have ever been. For the first time in my life I feel free.
When I write my music I see all the rivers flowing... sensual, spiritual, religious, animal, intellectual.
One musician listens to another musician, and you get inspired and then you do your thing, but it's yours.
I really love getting hot stone massages. They really help me relax and it's so soothing for your muscles.
But remember when I moved in you And the holy dove was moving too And every breath we drew was Hallelujah.
I'm not doing this to be a pop star. I've had plenty of money and attention. I'm doing it for credibility.
I blend my green drink every morning. I also fix my son a full-on American breakfast with bacon and toast.
There's more women stars in Nashville all the time. They're proving they can do the job the same as a man.
I write the songs, go in and record them, then I listen to everything and decide how it all fits together.
From the way I sing to what I write about to what I put out with my stamp separates me from everyone else.
I get annoyed with movies or books, songs or records that deliberately try to make you feel a certain way.
My voice is definitely a big present for me from God, because it's not like I can even take credit for it.
I wouldn't have turned out the way I was if I didn't have all those old-fashioned values to rebel against.
The thing I love most about being famous is people listening to me when I have something important to say.
We all fall to the floor at some point. It's how you pick yourself up that's the real challenge. Isn't it?