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I always watched the show thinking, 'Wouldn't it be great to be a member?', but I never thought it would happen.
WHAT A TIRING WAY TO LIVE, WHEN YOUR SELF-WORTH IS CONSTANTLY RELYING ON THE AFFIRMATION AND APPROVAL OF OTHERS.
When they're people who are your fans, you know, 'cause they really feel what you're singing, that's my favorite
I think it's really important to treat yourself with respect because sometimes people can get down on themselves
More than fans, they felt like a team of morale-boosters who would always be around to remind me of my own worth
I used to want to be the quickest, loudest, and sharpest. I think as time has gone on, I've gotten more relaxed.
I really am enjoying writing more than ever. I feel like I'm so much more focused than I was in the early times.
I gave my life for Styx and I'm really very proud of it and I didn't want to perform that music and screw it up.
If there's a goal, you can't stop me. I'll put my head down. I'll have tunnel vision and I'll go until I get it.
Good art doesn't really have an expiration date on it. That's something to be happy about, if you're making art.
Why don't I watch the ocean?My lover's gone.No earthly ships will ever bring him home againbring him home again.
I bought all those [fitness] videos -- Richard Simmons, Jane Fonda. I love to sit and eat cookies and watch 'em.
I'm old enough and cranky enough now that if someone tried to tell me what to do, I'd tell them where to put it.
People are always asking me in interviews, 'What do you think of foreign affairs?' I just say, 'I've had a few.'
Mama sewed the rags together, sewing every piece with love. She made my coat of many colors that I was proud of.
After momma gave birth to 12 of us kids, we put her up on a pedestal. It was mostly to keep Daddy away from her.
That's one of the reason T-Bone Burnett calls me... he thinks I'm used to doing what I do in the studio for him.
Music's the one thing I try not to analyze. I don't want to destroy the magic that has always been there for me.
When I heard Bjork's debut, that was when I first realized that I could be a singer, even with my unusual voice.
As anyone who goes into dog-rescue knows, it is not a for-profit business, but the rewards are priceless for me.
My favorite artists are the ones that I can take their eight or ten albums, and I can see the arc of their life.
I'm a woman who has gone through many heartaches, enough to dedicate my whole life to trying to figure them out.
I spend a lot of time trying to not do anything bad to anyone, but you can't live your life and not hurt people.
My derring-do allows me to dance the rigadoon around you but by the time I'm close to you I lose my desideratum.
I think being a singer-songwriter... your job is to tell a story that other people can't really tell themselves.
I met William Burroughs in 1971. I got his address through a magazine and went to London to spend time with him.
I don't think I've ever worn anything other than black jeans and shirts. Quite simple, really, and quite casual.
You never know what life has in store for you, but I believe there are certain things one is meant to go through
Toys are not a need people typically think of, but they've got all these kids who have absolutely nothing to do.
Let me sum it up for ya: We got some people who work for a living, and we got some people who vote for a living.
Now I've gone for too long Living like I'm not alive So I'm going to start over tonight Beginning with you and I
You pretty much can't get away from bacon or whiskey in the South. Put a doughnut in it and you'd be good to go.
Part of being an artist is being willing to be shocked, being willing to be surprised, being willing to be hurt.
The rappers have gone in and created a lot of hit music based upon my influence. And theyll tell you if you ask.
When you've found another soul who see's in to your own...take good care of each other..and remember to be kind.
Now if I seem to be afraidTo live the life that I have made in songWell it's just that I've been losing so long.
I don't read music. I don't write it. So I wander around on the guitar until something starts to present itself.
Libraries are a hallmark of a civilized culture, and librarians represent that culture to all facets of society.
If I spend time at the front of the process worrying about connecting themes, then I won't write the best songs.
Most of the people that I spend my time around are people who listen to a whole lot of different kinds of music.
Musicians are so well covered in the press, it would be great to see more outspoken practitioners of green life.
Cause even the stars they burn, some even fall to the earth. We've got a lot to learn, God knows we're worth it.
Kristofferson was writing what was really in his heart and saying it in ways we hadn't heard up till that point.
Nobody should feel like they can force themselves into your life how it suits them when it's toxic and unwanted.
I have a two-year-old boy. Being his mom feels like I have a present I get to spend the rest of my life opening.
That to me is the way any good romantic would look at his life: Live it first, then write it down before you go.
I don't get to listen to music for fun very often; a lot of what I'm hearing is for work and isn't released yet.
It's a repressive society where you can't be horrible, I'm not horrible, they made me horrible, I'm just honest.
I'm aware of my songs. I'm aware of them because they're about true emotions, true feelings, things that matter.
The record companies fell apart - quite deservedly. Their corrupting, all-binding contract nonsense had to stop.