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Nature has no cure for this sort of madness, though I have known a legacy from a rich relative work wonders.
Ah come on, these streams of light are not so subtle. All along the ditch, signs of life in sinking puddles!
Sometimes a good love song can change the world and create positive energy more than any political song can.
It's probably a combination of personal and non-personal matters that have led us to where we are musically.
It's good to listen to electronic music when you're stressed out because you will feel a release afterwards.
Education is literally the difference between success and failure, or even life and death for many children.
I pefer an ugly truth to a pretty lie. If someone is telling me the truth that is when I will give my heart.
I've succeeded as far as I'm concerned - I don't feel that I have any cliffs I could fall over anytime soon.
I have a song called 'I Don't Even Know Your Name' which I think is going to be well liked across the board.
It should be a crime to abandon your child, and it's not. It would be wonderful if it could be criminalized.
Fame is a curse... it was the worst phase of my life, which I thank God I'll never have to go through again.
I hate when people call me a socialite because you have to have money to be a socialite, which I don't have.
I've always wanted to make music like people write plays, so I was inspired by writers as much as musicians.
I don't think I'm a political songwriter as much as I am just a political person. I think it's in my fabric.
That's one wonderful thing about country music - it shifts, ebbs, and flows stylistically, unlike pop music.
Good night, everyone- and remember- in this world, if you wanna get ahead, you gotta learn to give a little!
I remember the first guy who offered me a joint in the bathroom. I said 'No, man, I've got enough problems.'
Life is all about toiling and labor. But obviously I get great joy in confronting challenge and taking risk.
Don't just be in the business and have fun 'cause you're a kid. You've gotta learn; this is your livelihood.
Silence speaks so much louder than screaming tantrums. Never give anyone an excuse to say that you're crazy.
I’ll be strong, I’ll be wrong, oh but life goes on Oh, I’m just a girl, trying to find a place in this world
I often get ideas for songs on the tour bus at odd times. Like at 6am when no one is around, I'd just write.
I've apparently been the victim of growing up, which apparently happens to all of us at one point or another
We wrote a song, while sitting on a trampoline & we loved it so much that we ended up recording it as a duet
I guess I have to prove myself all over again, even if it's to the world. I don't have a problem doing that.
I'm not ashamed of anything I've done, because if I feel ashamed, I'm not going to do it in the first place.
Things use to be real nice, til they got out of hand. Since they moved in, they call themselves the Taliban.
I'm not interested in promoting myself or revealing to total strangers anything about me. That's not my job.
Being in your forties - any woman who isn't there yet, I just have to say to you: Euphoria is coming to you.
My father has a pragmatic mind. He marched with Dr. King in the '60s, and he's very much for women's rights.
Live interaction with a crowd is a cathartic, spiritual kind of exchange, and its intensified at a festival.
I met BSB at a benefit gig we were both doing, and they are really humble, nice guys - and very hard working
The thing is, in English I'm able to write the lyrics as I'm making the song, once I'm done with the melody.
Hark, now hear the sailors cry, smell the sea, and feel the sky let your soul & spirit fly, into the mystic.
The theory is that you don't play a song the same way twice because it's jazz. That's where I'm coming from.
A lot of times they don't want to hear it. But you know, if some good is done to you, you should pass it on.
I'm not a cheerleader. I'm not trying to pretend to be sweet and then come out and be bad. This is who I am.
I used to always have a pretty high, little clear voice, but as I got older, I got a little cornbread in it.
I love weekends. Just like everyone else, I get to rest on weekends and go out with friends. I hate Mondays.
I knew that it was my only shot to be taken seriously in the recording industry, because it's fast and broad.
In middle school, I really didn't have music, but in high school, I remember taking a lot of choir and drama.
'The Voice' is built on positivity. Once we started filming, I knew that America was really going to love it.
There's room in the world for one historical folk-rock singer to make a decent living, and I happen to be it.
Looking so cool, his greed is hard to conceal, he's fresh out of law school, you gave him a license to steal.
As long as I can say what it is that I need to say, then I'll fit whatever I'm trying to say around a melody.
Europe seems a little softer, but in America it's harsh. In L.A., where I live, it's all about perfectionism.
I have this vintage Harley-Davidson motorcycle jacket. When I put it on, it has this supercool feeling to it.
Hunger is an issue that I've cared about for a very long time and is incredibly personal and important to me.
Every time I say something they find hard to hear, they chalk it up to my anger, and never to their own fear.
The momentum of time is always going forward. You cannot repeat what has been done before. You can't go back.