When I think of the things I have, it makes me a little uneasy. I don't want people to think I've lost touch with reality.

The first time I toured the U.K. was in the early '90s with Billy Pilgrim, so I know how much the people there love music.

You will do things in private and sing in private and make choices in private that you wouldn't make if you were observed.

I think it was Dad who gave me my nickname 'Katy Custard,' recognising my deep, positive and lasting relationship with it.

Venice Beach is incredibly quiet at night: no streetlights, no traffic, hummingbirds in the garden, palm trees everywhere.

Body Electric... It is the first song from my new short film called #‎ Tropico that is coming out in the end of the month.

I keep letting you back in. How can I explain myself? As painful as this thing has been, I just can't be with no one else.

For a while, the genre seemed to be just about sex and crime. Rappers are storytellers; the stories don't need to be true!

I'm not here to change the music world, but I'm definitely here to show what I can do and express myself through my music.

Every night is different, you never know what it's going to be like. I remember every night. I don't like to compare them.

I am still into the people I listened to growing up, so I completely remember what is like to be a fan, I haven't changed.

Children show scars like medals. Lovers use them as secrets to reveal. A scar is what happens when the word is made flesh.

Prayer is translation. A man translates himself into a child asking for all there is in a language he has barely mastered.

The wars they will be fought again The holy dove be caught again bought and sold and bought again; the dove is never free.

You get to a point in relationships where you don't want to push anything, but things need to change, move on, or develop.

I've been chased through airports with a screaming baby because the photographers are ruthless, and they want the picture.

Deeper' feels like we did when we made the first few albums. It's got that excitement. It felt like a voyage of discovery.

I am a feminist, and I define myself: Be yourself, because if you can get away with it, that is the ultimate feminist act.

The license said you had to stick around until I was dead, but if you're tired of looking at my face I guess I already am.

I do not need someone to complete me, but if you wanted to, we could walk next to each other into whatever is coming next.

It's hard for the modern generation to understand Thoreau, who lived beside a pond but didn't own water skis or a snorkel.

One thing that I miss because we spend a lot of time in America is English food, like cooked breakfast and Sunday dinners.

One look in your eyes and there I see just what you mean to me. Here in my heart I believe your love is all I'll ever need

The self-confidence one builds from achieving difficult things and accomplishing goals is the most beautiful thing of all.

I wanted to be famous, I wanted everybody to love me. I wanted to be a star. I worked really hard, and my dream came true.

New Yorkers your voices must be heard. Tell your state Congressmen to support same sex marriage bill. All you need is love

'Jesus' message was to love your neighbour as yourself, and there are people in need. I hope that people got that message.

When you make a movie, it seems like there's nothing but resistance. It's kind of a miracle that any movie ever gets made.

People come from all over the world to see this little place they've seen in movies and read about in history books: Soho.

Anyone who has toured as long as I have, or who has traveled as extensively, and says that they've never cheated is lying.

Demos are something you do in the early stages of your career, but when you get going, you just go in and record the song.

I was kind of a misfit, and when my mother died, I had to become an adult, something that I never thought I would ever be.

I have a tendency to run after people who are completely unattainable and uninterested and make a complete fool of myself.

I want to be better at being single, and I want to be better at feeling okay about being single. I don't need a boyfriend.

There is no fear when you choose love. The more you choose love, the more love is in your life. It gets easier and easier.

Whatever it is that you love to do, be it collect comic books or play the guitar, that you can make a living at it, do it.

Music is a mantra that soothes the soul...something our body has to have. It's important to understand the power of music.

I know that the creator will go, but his work survives. That is why to escape death, I attempt to bind my soul to my work.

I love performing. It's a phenomenal getaway. If you want to really let out everything you feel, that's the time to do it.

Stop this agony of wishing Play it out Don't think, don't hesitate Curving back within yourself Just create... Just create

I have a pirate fetish-I just always thought eye patches were sexy. If you want to get my attention, wear a pirate outfit.

Breast Feeding should not be attempted by fathers with hairy chests, since they can make the baby sneeze and give it wind.

My uncle is from Argentina, so I grew up hearing Spanish. My Spanish isn't very good, but my pronunciation isn't terrible.

Cancer affects so many people, and even if it hasn't affected someone in your family then you know someone who has had it.

I'm still finding my legs, performance-wise, being up there by myself. I think I have a bit of proving myself ahead of me.

I knew I didn't want to make a country record just because that's not really what I would have ever made as a solo artist.

By calling it a memoir, I meant is as a collection of memories. I thought it was (a more) artful (title) than documentary.

If you can make the song a soundtrack to what you're living at the time, I think that's the most important part of a song.

I tried to play bass in a punk band once, and it was an absolute disaster. I can’t play anything. I don’t know what it is.

Lyrics are so important, I hate every second of writing them, but it's something I take great pride in when it's finished.

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