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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.
I think all of our concerts, really, as parties. It's a performance for sure. It's not a recital. It's a celebration of that music.
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 have a few friends that I think would go to bat for me no matter what. Flea is definitely one of them. Guy Oseary is one of them.
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.
Nothing I do is thought out or planned or premeditated. It's just that I'm breathing and living! You just have to breathe and live.
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 don't really like encouraging people to go on the Internet too much, we're constantly distracted with the Internet and computers.
I listen to other people's stuff and, more and more, you realise how much is layered and how many different guitar parts there are.
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.
Plantation gospel music was the stuff I fell in love with when I was a kid - these beautiful melodies and these hard, hard stories.
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.
You're going to get flak if you tell the wrong joke, but it's still the wrong joke. Give the wrong speech, you take it on the chin.
The album cover of 'Death of a Bachelor' is me on my roof of my backyard, so that's my place where I spend most of my time writing.
Synthesizers were looked at as stealing the soul of music, but then there were these new bands who used it to contradict that idea.
I bought my wife Leighanne a silver BMW Z8 sports car one Christmas and tied it up with a big red bow in the driveway of our house.
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 hate the idea of people thinking that I'm just a little girl who goes into studios with pop producers, and they work their magic.
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 had a couple of years in the mid-2000s where it was really confusing to me. I was like, 'Why is our band sometimes a punch line?'
Somebody rang me up the other day and said 'Yellow' was on a karaoke machine. That made me genuinely excited. It's got a nice beat.
The operation left me very emotional. I cry a lot anyway. I've always been the type to feel hurt easily, but now I hit rock bottom.
People aren't born strong. People grow stronger little by little, encountering difficult situations, learning not to run from them.
I wanted to bring the R&B flavor and other Westernized sounds to my music, because that's the type of music I grew up listening to.
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.
When I write a song, I get the melody right first, and then hopefully I can back it up with a lyric that has to respect the melody.
This accident, or incident, happened in the most secure place I could have felt I was in: Walking onstage with my guitar, you know?
A kite needs to be tied down in order to fly. I learned how important restrictions can sometimes be in order to experience freedom.
There are a bunch of songs that I think are beautiful recordings, and I'm proud of them, but I've no interest in listening to 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.
I don't ever think of myself as a dark person or a ruined person in any way. I just feel happy to be alive, and to be able to love.
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 friends will be like, 'That bloke was chatting you up', and I'll go, 'What?' I'm so oblivious - I don't notice things like that.
I didn't expect such a huge reaction, but I knew I was doing something different to everything else that was happening at the time.
With my music, I can express myself so much. A lot of the fans can sense that I'm relating to them something that's quite personal.
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.