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It's hard for us to talk about how we disdain file-sharing when in fact it probably has been a great resource for us.
Show off your own style and uniqueness to stand out. That's the advice I'd give to people getting started online now.
I kind of go in waves with reading. Sometimes I read all the time, and sometimes I can't get settled enough to focus.
Home is a sanctuary for me and the place where I can relax. Everyone should have the right to a safe and secure home.
There's not a lot of people expressing anger in the culture. They're expressing a lot of hyper-exaggerated sexuality.
I've always kind of tried to do something that was a little different than just simple 'I love you, baby'-type songs.
As I said in one of my songs, we're still abolishing slavery, but nobody says it's a good thing. Nobody justifies it.
I like structuring verses, choruses, but sometimes the verses might be a tango and the choruses might be death metal.
I have a very addictive personality, so I'm even careful about wanting more of anything than I need - even chocolate.
Now I lay me down to cheat on the woman I love so, and if I die between these sheets I pray to God she'll never know.
If you wanna know the truth, you make or break my day. If you wanna know the truth, I wouldn't have it any other way.
I have been doing choreography my whole life, and it's so important to make that marriage between music and the body.
If we can just be brave enough to be each others mirror, we may finally recognize the face of conscious that we fear.
We probably, as primitive people, made music before we actually had a language, and that's where language comes from.
But most of my songs were about believing in yourself, standing up for yourself and fighting for what you believe in.
I'm thankful for my songs being at the top of the charts but I am human - I think people still have to remember that.
It took me a while to realize that the only way to really communicate with people is to give them your point of view.
It's embarrassing to quote Gandhi or something, but being the change you want to see in the world is pretty powerful.
Understanding isn't learned from punishment and anger. An iron has no gentle touch, and love ain't learned from hate.
My nails are my rhythm section when I'm writing a song all alone. Some day, I may cut an album, just me and my nails.
I always loved that old song Banks of the Ohio - it was always such a man's song, so I've always wanted to record it.
I do think there's gonna always be a group of country people that are always going to love the old traditional sound.
I prefer my music. I'm more of a one-nighter kind of person than to do a squat-down job for three months or whatever.
Adjusting to the passage of time, I think, is a key to success and to life: just being able to roll with the punches.
Years ago, when I first started being a big star, I had fans that were fanatical. It was when 'Jolene' was a big hit.
Ironically, the success I've experienced at country radio has left me ostracized from pop and other formats of radio.
I could not ask for more than the love you give me... Cause it's all I've waited for... and I could not ask for more.
Constantly travelling means I don't always get to eat well - so it's probably a good idea for me to do some exercise.
Now, if some panic hits me, you have to sort of be friends with your body, it's like your body will work against you.
I was quite a weird kid because I didn't like getting presents. I don't know why. I just went for books all the time.
I'm blessed to be able to work at something that I'm good at, and that I love. It's not something I take for granted.
My core beliefs revolve around the idea that we should live to the best of our abilities-we should live and let live.
There are so many times in one's life, when one feels he has nothing more to offer. But no, my river has not run dry.
Hopefully my music is medicine, some type of antidote for something or some kind of explanation or just to feel good.
The kind of music or the kind of arrangements that I do, the kind of musicians I choose, is just what I like to hear.
I am not systematic at all when it comes to religion. I just love life. And I'm not judgmental. And I'm a vegetarian.
I wrote the album [Metals] in the fall. In about four months, I went from zero to finished. It usually takes forever.
All the girls who have photos of them at parties, like, "Woo!" - that's what someone's going to see of their grandma.
There are certain parts of chords that resolve things and tie a bow, and others that keep things open and unanswered.
If you keep bashing your head against the same wall, at some point you're going to fall over and be still for awhile.
I've been inspired by people's work, but I never grew up with posters on my bedroom wall or obsessed with one person.
I don't even listen to music on the road, and if I did, it would be classical or whatever, something to chill me out.
If I can make people forget whatever they're dealing with for an hour and a half, two hours every night, that's nice.
I just do the cream-of-the-crop songs in my show. We just bowl them over; they love us. It just keeps getting better.
Everyone can say 'I Love You' but not everyone really means it, so believe it when you feel it, not when you hear it.
I'm just an Orange County girl from a loving family making music with my friends. It's not really that big of a deal.
If we say that no one's out there And we say we're goin' nowhere And we avoid the question Is this all that it means?
I've got a lot of dreams I want to achieve, and I hope someone can cheer me on as I'll cheer them on in their dreams.
Encore' was an experiment. 'Encore' was the second chance at a first impression. 'Encore' was not completely planned.
What is socially irresponsible, once again, is just all my opinion. But there are things that I don't think are cool.