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Black Velvet in that little boys smile, Black Velvet with that slow southern style. A new religion that'll bring you to your knees.
It is interesting seeing young people these days and watching how unimportant music is in their lives compared with our generation.
We live in an era of consumerism and it's all about desire-based consumerism and it has nothing to do with things we actually need.
The windows of my soul are made of one-way glass, don't bother looking into my eyes if there's something you want to know, just ask
There is a big difference between what I do onstage and what I do in my private life. I don't put my living room on magazine pages.
I'm not really keen on comebacks. Eurythmics was an incredible thing. When I look back on that work, I feel very satisfied with it.
To be 26 years old and lose your left heart ventricle was probably the most dramatic thing that's ever happened to me in my life...
Paul McCartney's dad told him that when he was a kid. "Son, play the piano and when you go to parties, the girls will come to you."
I think about music in the way that I heard music as a kid - like, Oh my god, there's this weird rubbery ball of undulating things.
You don't ask a man, 'Do you want to be in control [of your job]?' You assume he wants control. Why would a woman be any different?
Being capable of anything is a bullshit concept, unless it means you also admit that you're capable of cheating, lying and killing.
I'm a pretty aggressive girl in general. So if there's a boy that I like, you're going to know how I feel. I just put it out there.
I sailboat raced, I love to go out on my motorcycle alone, but I also love my family dearly. I love that aspect of my life as well.
I have worked with a great many comedians as opposed to comics, although I have worked with comics as well, I make the distinction.
I learned by experience that you can change your circumstance. It's as simple as the serenity prayer; it's a very, very real thing.
I started as a writer and when I sent my demos out everyone wanted to know who was singing and if that person wanted a record deal.
I hope at some point in my career when my name is mentioned, someone will say "Oh yeah he has a good song!" I'd be happy with that.
I'm not afraid of being thought of as someone who is associated with film music. Why not? If it's a good song, what does it matter?
I feel like I am a celebrity for no reason, like people are resentful I didn't have to play bars for 10 years to get a record deal.
I always see colors when I listen to music. It's difficult to explain, but when I hear the music I think about gold, blood rushing.
I can remember sittin in a cafe when I first started in rodeo, and waitin until somebody got done so I could finish what they left.
I believe that vinyl will outlast CDs. There's no reason for it, but it stays around because there are still people that want them.
I fear that our true motivation is about oil and our own flailing economy; about the failure to destroy Al Qaeda and about revenge.
You could call me antisocial, I've called myself that sometimes too, but I just prefer to be alone, and that's nothing against you.
As an artist, you have to maintain focus and eliminate the distraction of second-guessing yourself based on the opinions of others.
I'll protect myself by making up all this crazy stuff. It'll be like a little shell. Like an Easter egg shell that's all decorated.
My mom was the Diana Ross of our clan. She was always up-to-date, and always knew what to do and what not to do in a fashion sense.
Because for whatever reason, even though I want to stay home all the time and be left alone, I want to tell the world who I am now.
It's probably easier for rappers as far as a respect level. 'Cause with singers, the powers that be tend to feel that we're stupid.
That's what I try to do, my wife and I, we try to, not shelter them [kids], but still not contribute to the delinquency of a minor.
[After a poor prognosis for recovery from her doctor following her 1990 bus accident] I said if it is up to me, I'm going to be OK.
Through literacy you can begin to see the universe. Through music you can reach anybody. Between the two there is you, unstoppable.
Jerry Garcia used to take his paints on the road. I don't do that. Either I'm a singer or a painter. I'm not good at multi-tasking.
A great day for me is not getting out of bed. I like to see how many snacks I can eat..and how many really bad TV shows I can watch
We've more important studies than your fantasies and fears You know that rock's been perched up there for a hundred thousand years.
I'm in the Dance Band on the Titanic Singing "Nearer my God to thee" and the icebergs on the starboard bow Won't you dance with me?
I truly believe that when you've found the one you're searching for, you become a better version of yourself. You're better for it.
Some people think electronic music is cold, but I think that has more to do with the people listening than the actual music itself.
I think a show is for fun, and the thing about playing live is that you make mistakes, and that's what's sort of exciting about it.
It's in my music, and its on my mind all the time. To spread love, healing peace and joy is my mission in life - and so I speak up.
This is how it has been since time began: If you want to make something really worthwhile and true, then you have to suffer for it.
The sides are steep and the nights are long and cold down in the hole, light and love and the world above mean nothing to the mole.
I try to find nice chord changes, that's how I love to start, and then I start trying to knock it into a song, knock it into shape.
I've been recording since 1993. It was a hobby for six of those years. In 1999, I decided to do it full time and take it seriously.
I think Im different from a lot of singer-songwriters because some of my favorite singer-songwriters told stories. Like John Prine.
Yes, I am a pirate, two hundred years to late. Cannons don't thunder, there's nothing to plunder, I'm an over forty victim of fate.
It is an eternal truth in the political as well as the mystical body, that where one member suffers, all the members suffer with it
My first big break came with Lauryn Hill on a track called Everything is Everything, I played piano on that track way back in 1998.
I am constantly asked why I never made other films after 'There's No Business Like Show Business,' the answer is I was never asked.
One day, I just decided I'm ready to go. So I went down with my guitar and sat on the front steps of Sam Phillips recording studio.