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My whole family has been such a great support, and theyre the ones who have kept me grounded and allowed me to be who I am today.
If we can take the time to mute the noise we've build around ourselves the rhythm of the heartbeats and the purpose may be clear.
I went for an outrageous form of expressing myself. It seemed to be a way that I could make my name and show that I was somebody.
If you try to do a genuine rock musical, rock people will think you're flaccid and Broadway audiences will think you're too loud.
I always wanted to move to New York because of the Velvet Underground, because of the picture that they painted of New York City.
I don't read things that people say about me online. They write nasty things just to mess with you. I don't need that in my life.
I was sort of miserable and depressed. Music was my savior, but it was also the thing that I felt at times was breaking my heart.
I have always been a firm believer in working hard for what is right and for making your own breaks if you want things to change.
No matter how beautiful a woman might be, you're always threatened by certain... You're always threatened by other women, period.
Thank you for answering the call to be teachers. Thank you for the enduring impression you've made in the lives you have touched.
My first two records were more energetic; Phantom Moon is subtle, quiet; so these various reactions are just something I expected
I love all types of music. I love top 40 dance pop, hip-hop, I don't even know what they call it now. I'm a huge fan of all that.
Well, I try not to think about the general public since I have no idea what the general public is and I don't think anybody does.
I've never been jealous of anybody's success. I've been flummoxed by it because I don't understand it, but I'm not jealous of it.
It's the one thing we can all relate to no matter what religion, what color, what nationality: we can all relate to sex and love.
I can get a call at 2 A.M., and the person on the other end is like: 'Sorry, did I wake you?' and I'm like: 'No, I'm wide awake.'
I'm signed to a U.S. label, and I didn't enjoy the 3 A.M. phone calls. I'm not a great sleeper, so I didn't enjoy being woken up.
And as I started reaching deeper I realized that most of the blues of that day was done by men. Women just didn't have the nerve.
Most of the songs I sing, they have that blue feeling to it. They have that sorry feeling. And I don't know what I'm sorry about.
I don't want to take photographs that I won't recognize as myself, and myself isn't necessarily just blankly staring at the lens.
I love things that are harsh and things that are too loud. And I love lulling people into a false sense of security. That's life.
There's a difference between knowing what's on the page in a history book and actually feeling that page have curves and valleys.
Whoever controls the flow of information dictates our perceptions and perspectives; whoever controls the news shapes our destiny.
My body is the rock and roll temple and my flesh, blood and body fluids are a communion to the people whether they like it or not
I don't like to be told what to do at all. That's unfortunate because a lot of people come up with good ideas and can direct you.
The Hollies, after I left in 1968, had the audacity, the gall, to have three number one records after I left. Thanks a lot, guys.
I love playing and I love singing, and the writing. There's kind of a symbiotic relationship between the writing and the playing.
You can't plan to reach another person on a deep level, it just happens. So those are the moments that I think I really live for.
And when somebody knows you well, well there's no comfort like that. And when somebody needs you, well there's no drug like that.
My first instrument was an accordion. Growing up in Louisiana, my grandmother gave me an accordion because of our Cajun heritage.
As a musician, life is not over just because you are getting older, and so I find retirement a very frightening and dark thought.
I know that's blasphemous when you are from Detroit, but I was never a fan of Motown stuff. I don't care for the production much.
That's maybe the most important thing each generation does, is to break a lot of rules and make up their own way of doing things.
I want to know what became of the changes we waited for love to bring/Were they only the fitful dreams of some greater awakening?
Touring is the best invention of all time, so if I have to suffer a little bit of payback for having all this fun, then so be it.
I told you that I love you, I was only telling a lie. I'll be long gone come the crack of dawn and I believe the word is goodbye.
I've worn some particularly baggy jeans and cowboys boot combinations after coming back from Austin, Texas. This was ill-advised.
I don't think I'm a country artist, really. I'm a country person, but I don't think I'm necessarily a country singer or musician.
The studio and road both have their charms. The studio allows me to be a mad scientist and the tour lets me feel like James Bond.
There was a time when I stopped singing, between 16 and 19, but that was done on purpose, maybe as a punishment, maybe as a cure.
I'm a huge reggae fan. I want to go to Jamaica and make, like, Bob Marley 'One Love' positive songs. That's what the world needs.
I put on your sequined ball gown and I checked the mirror there. Why, I looked like Cindy Crawford, but with much more body hair.
Amazingly, I've been sort of an anomaly in the music industry. I feel like I've been able to exist as kind of a throwback artist.
I just think fashion is about enjoying yourself and being comfortable in your skin and allowing you to be you - all the way live.
I think that's one of the things that's missing in a lot of people's lives. That's finding out what works for you and doing that.
I'm even afraid to lay down with you at night, because when you go to bed at night, mean woman, you got an ice pick in your hand.
London is a good fashion city. They're a little more daring. There's the element of the aristocracy, which is always interesting.
I always knew the Sixties wasn't a revolution. It really was just a bunch of university students with wealthy parents having fun.
I'm in England so often I haven't really left, but Americans aren't at all like they're misrepresented through their politicians.
My thoughts and wishes are all that surrounds, mysteries hold you then fly you away. You know you are my life, my lady of dreams.