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When you get to the 35-year mark in your career, you make albums for your fans to love you more, so they don't forget about you.
Inside that book, it's my life-all the places where I'm hurting or I laughed or I cried or I prayed. And I've had to pray a lot!
I can honestly say I am a Christian, but my spirituality has been developed on the road and is based on my experiences with God.
My parents split up when I was about 2. I realize more and more how much I'm like my father. My gentleness comes from my mother.
There are certain things I would never write about - anything that's too distasteful. I think that you can withhold information.
I've just never cared what people think. It's more if I'm happy and I'm confident and feeling good, that's always been my thing.
I'm so totally future oriented that, for me, I don't know what the future's about, but I can promise you it's gonna be exciting.
He said, Son, I've made a life out of readin' people's faces, and knowin' what their cards were by the way they held their eyes.
I felt that with 'In A Perfect World' I was still kind of finding myself - not just as a musician, but also in love and in life.
For so long, I was controlled and manipulated by other people. Whatever people think of me, I'm finally doing what I want to do.
To the men and women who own men and women those of us meant to be lovers we will not pardon you for wasting our bodies and time
When all the stars were falling, they fell from above, and I thought of hate, and I thought of hate, and then I thought of love.
I'm terrified of growing up. Once you become an adult, how to you step back from that? It's something that wakes me up at night.
I guess you could write a good song if your heart hadn't been broken, but I don't know of anyone whose heart hasn't been broken.
When you work on a record for three years, it's a great sense of relief when it is finally out in the world. It just feels good.
The only way I've been able to survive the betrayal of lovers, family members, and society is to be able to create as an artist.
My father had to go to work, I used to think he was a jerk. I didn't know his heart was broken, and not another word was spoken.
I've always danced and exercised. I can't imagine not doing it. I'll be Martha Graham in my 90s doing contractions on the floor.
That's when you know you really fit with someone - when you can just sit there and not do anything. Kind of ignoring each other.
When you're a touring musician, you're always turning over new rocks and there's always a certain level of tension in your life.
I thought about going back to working at the gas station. I probably didn't like it at the time, but now it seems very romantic.
Well, I was dedicated to God before I was born by Momma and Daddy, and I was raised in a very traditional Southern Baptist home.
Most fear stems from sin; to limit one's sins, one must assuredly limit one's fear, thereby bringing more peace to one's spirit.
Throughout my career, my family and I have fallen victim to inappropriate attempts to contact me by several unknown individuals.
There's two lanes running down this road which ever side your on, accounts for where you want to go or what you're running from.
I'm striving toward this acting thing. I'm definitely gonna work hard on that, whatever comes my way, I'm gonna work hard on it.
I'm hoping that my entrepreneurial side will have me at a place where I don't have to do anything. That's what I'm striving for.
My scars are numerous, my flesh is powerless, my enemy is dangerous, but my God is glorious and His grace is totally sufficient.
Church: if the world could see a snapshot of our worship today, would they perceive that we believe our God is worthy of praise?
I tried to be as positive as possible, because I have the same birthday as Michael Jackson. He is my cosmic brother. I love him.
A 'passing' test doesn't mean 'no problem.' It means no problem *observed*. This time. With these inputs. So far. On my machine.
To live is to be musical, starting with the blood dancing in your veins. Everything living has a rhythm. Do you feel your music?
The happiness and the joy that I see in the eyes of the children. They saved my life so I want to, give it back. I'm not joking.
I wanted so badly to play in the park across the street because the kids were playing baseball and football but I had to record.
I was drifting away like a drop in the ocean, and now I realize that nothing has been as beautiful as when I saw heaven's skies.
Diamanda Galás, the avant-weird performance artist... 'The devil's wife,' someone calls her. Faith No More loves Diamanda Galás.
One can only snort so many ants and have so much sex before one starts to long for the comfort and companionship of a good book.
If someone writes a nice review of my record, I feel like I should take them out to dinner or go over and clean their apartment.
For my most of my career I've been a falling-down drunk. Most of my interviews were done hungover, and for a while it was great.
I'm not just a big-haired redhead country singer who dresses flamboyantly, has this wicked sense of humor and wears rhinestones.
I will stumble, I will fall down, but I will not be moved; I will make mistakes, I will face heartache, but I will not be moved.
I know my music probably isn't going to matter to the public after I die, but that doesn't mean I don't have something to offer.
The way that I approach music has a bit of a sense of humor to it. Something slightly different that people can still relate to.
While the sun God will may your day, sing as a song in search of a voice that is silent, and the one God will make for your way.
Because of my Portuguese heritage, I have an interest in all of the instrumentation that comes from Portugal and Brazil as well.
Having an open dialogue, in any creative atmosphere, is really important to feeling free to tell the story the best way you can.
I can find myself in a situation where, by the time I'm releasing an album, I have the next one written. It is a bit old school.
With the death of Robert Mapplethorpe, I had lost my main collaborator in taking photographs. So I didn't know who to work with.
Let's just say that I think any person who aspires, presumes, or feels the calling to be an artist has a built-in sense of duty.
I love everything that Frank Gehry does. I wish I could have that man build me a Wayne Manor-style mansion, like his idea of it.