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Whenever I'm making something, the challenge is always to create something that's interesting for me to listen to.
I sing songs that I have lived or I write them because I have lived them. I think the believability factor is key.
I don't obsess about my weight, which is probably one of the reasons why other people have such a problem with it.
If I can wake up everyday before I die and know that I don't have to serve anyone food or drinks, I will be happy!
I try not to date musicians. It's all I've dated. Every guy I've dated is a musician. Obviously, it's not working.
I believe in karma, and I believe if you put out positive vibes to everybody, that's all you're going to get back.
I think people can stand to take themselves just a little less seriously. I'm fighting the war against pretension.
My band and I, we cover our bodies in hairspray and glitter. We use the hairspray to make sure the glitter sticks.
Tell the truth. Sing with passion. Work with laughter. Love with heart. 'Cause that's all that matters in the end.
I am grateful every morning I wake up. I've a big family full of kids, who laugh all the time and love each other.
We have nothing to lose, nothing to gain, nothing we desired anymore- except to make our lives into a work of art.
One of the things I haven't been ready for is how male-dominated the music industry is. I just didn't have a clue.
I was raised on the good book Jesus Till I read between the lines Now I don't believe I ever wanna see the morning
I am not the one who loves - It's love that chooses me. When hatred with his package comes, you forbid delivery...
If you want a lover I'll do anything you ask me to. And if you want another kind of love I'll wear a mask for you.
My reputation as a ladies' man was a joke. It caused me to laugh bitterly through the 10,000 nights I spent alone.
What is a man's life but a prelude to his death? And what is death but a long sleep, a most welcome forgetfulness.
I find this curious - two photos from today, one edited so my skin is perfect and one real. remember flaws are ok.
Because Olivia Newton-John wasn't from Nashville, they didn't like her winning our awards. I've got no complaints.
Those sound like the three best answers I've ever heard on this show even though it's the first ever of this show!
Sometimes women are so great and powerful, but then they surrender to these vain things. They kind of fall for it.
The first thing you do when you get off tour is let off some steam and, you know, have some type of big breakdown.
When you have a solid upbringing and a strong sense of place, that sustains you. My sense of home never leaves me.
I always wished that I could find someone as beautiful as you, but in the process I forgot that I was special too.
I made a vow that I would never need another person ever. Turned my heart into a cage, a victim of a kind of rage.
If we can elect an African American as president, we can support gay marriage! Defeat prop 8! We will not give up!
I love horses. I think I may have been one of Henry VIII’s knights in another life, riding through a great forest.
Don't go a full day or night without washing your face. You have to get all the dirt and makeup out of your pores.
All my friends were cheerleaders, and I was the girl who hung out at home. I just worked on my music all the time.
No matter how great we get with digital formats of instrumentation, nothing really quite duplicates the real thing
It's understanding the intention of a composer that allows a producer and an arranger to make those moments speak.
I used to routinely break my ribs doing stupid things onstage, but I have a healthy fear of breaking my bones now.
I see God through my children. I speak to God through my children. I am humbled for the blessings He has given me.
Hope is such a beautiful word, but it often seems very fragile. Life is still being needlessly hurt and destroyed.
The purpose of parenting is to provide steady and wide-ranging opportunities for a child. The child does the rest.
That is not all I need. I need dogs. A house filled with dogs and a smart, funny, kind, loving girlfriend or wife.
Luckily almost no one buys music anymore, so selling music doesn't really affect any of my professional decisions.
I don't sleep very well when I travel. And as a result, I tend to be awake in cities when everyone else is asleep.
My job of being a musician in a recording studio has nothing to do with being a musician being on tour performing.
It's almost like a sign of mental illness to base your self-worth on the opinions of complete strangers, you know?
Boys have said in the past that I live my life like a movie. I love all things romantic, like kissing in the rain.
Love / Through all the ups and downs the joys and hurts / Love / For better or worse I still will choose you first
It's funny because my mom is not a singer at all, nor is my father. But I definitely get more of my father's tone.
I feel like all Londoners relate more to New York - L.A. doesn't feel like a 'city' city. It's like a sleepy town.
Touch is... one of the most ancient transactions, a defiance of the plasma membrane and the loneliness it brought.
I'm just really, really thankful. I'm thankful to the doctors; I'm thankful to the family that donated the kidney.
I was brought up in an environment where my parents expressed their financial concerns in front of their children.
The story of 'Libra Scale,' the storyline was created first, and then the music was created around the story line.
I like to learn through doing. Let me make a mistake, and then critique me on what I did so that I learn that way.
It's a dream of mine to win a Grammy one day. I'm not saying I'm Grammy-worthy, but it would be a dream come true.