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I am a child of digital generation. I have done most of the records with Rilo Kiley on computers, on Pro Tools or other digital programs.
A lot of Texans go up to New York and stay there forever. If there are any two places with more individual characters, I don't know them.
I used to get on a stove wood pile at 5-6 years old and I would have a piece of stove wood and kindling bark as a pick, and I was a star.
Most of the famous love affairs of literature or film were quite short. What was Romeo & Juliet? How long were they together? A few days.
Even when I was dating a man I always said I'd never get married until marriage equality was passed in Australia. It wouldn't feel right.
Being part of the natural world reminds me that innocence isn't ever lost completely; we just need to maintain our goodness to regain it.
later down the road of life, i made the discovery that salt water was also good for the mental abrasions one inevitably acquires on land.
My family is very musical, I was surrounded by it. And from four years old I was the one that asked my mother could I take piano lessons.
As a young concert-going person, I was never enamoured with celebrities who would walk out to feature in certain songs and then walk off.
I love pop music. It's not easy to write a good pop song. It may be easier to put out a fake jazz album, as Sting does from time to time.
We receive all we venture to give. And one of the things I've learned over the years is that giving is everything, and taking is nothing.
Ever since I released my first album, I've tried not to use minor chords as the main element in songs. The way I sing is too melancholic.
I stayed in submission to my husband, and he allowed me to do anything I wanted to. I felt like I was lucky to have that kind of romance.
I never get tired of exploring Americana or country music, and I always have a little bit of a crooner in me that never seems to go away.
I don’t love just men. I love people. It’s not about a gender. It’s just about the spirit that exudes from that other person you’re with.
The closest I've come to knowing myself is in losing myself. That's why I loved football before I loved music. I could lose myself in it.
When I leave a recording session, there is usually a lot of paranoia or superstition on my part, like I'm afraid to hear what we've done.
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger is so not true. You know what makes you stronger? When people treat you & your art with dignity.
I really love jazz, but I will never be a jazz musician as much as I dream. But, I think that the jazz music I love is there in my music.
A friend once said, and I found to be true,That everyday people, they lie to God too,So what makes you think, that they won't lie to you.
I think what people are attracted to about me, if anything, is my passion. People got exposed to my passion through music and song first.
My mother passed at the end of the Circus tour. After that I really needed to take some time and just chill out and get my head together.
Because everyone has love or wants love there are always problems. And if you don't have problems, you're probably leading a boring life.
To me to singing is like a freedom. It's a very therapeutic thing. It's incredible. I can just lose myself. It's sort of like meditation.
When you're 25, it's a little bit easier to be daring, especially if you are a pop star, because eccentric behavior is expected from you.
I love music and I guess I have less expectations or pressure to kind of put on myself because the music hasn't been some huge sensation.
I just don't want to be known as the actress who can sing. I want to be known as the singer who can act, too. It's great cross-promotion.
When you are with the wrong person, who doesn't really love you, all you want is to be adored. It makes you more inward and needy. Gross.
I went to college and stage school, and thought about acting, but... I just don't like actors very much! They're not as fun as musicians.
If I walk out onstage and I get a warm, excited response, it makes me feel so confident and happy, and then it's so easy for me up there.
I can tell you I didn't feel good when I could not articulate properly. Getting my GED was important and I want other women to feel that.
I'm only lonely when I'm driving in my car. I'm only lonely after dark. I'm only lonely when I watch my TV. I'm only lonely occasionally.
I've also been writing for other artists, producing other artists, doing some country stuff. Those lyrics I tend to leave more universal.
I believe we are powerful but we don't use our minds to full capacity. Your mind is powerful enough to help you attain whatever you want.
We must wave our banners even higher and belt out our voices even stronger and be unified as people. We're going to make it through this!
Its hard to take in. One of our most talented singer songwriters has left us. RIP George Michael. Such sad, tragic news. 2016 please end.
The moment that you impose your will on another person or animal, that's when we are allowed to say you have committed an ethical breach.
On my days off, I like to be outdoors - on my bike or walking the dog or swimming - so it's important anyone I date is also into fitness.
My favourite smell is bleach. If I walk into the house and there's things being bleached, it just makes me feel at home, euphoric almost.
But I'll say this: I've never been more honored to sing about Jesus and for Jesus. And I've never been more sure of the path I've chosen.
Singers have a lot in common with actors because you have to dig deep into a song and show the audience what you are feeling as you sing.
You can have the best of intentions and think you're doing the right thing but you fall down when you're going against your own instinct.
I've always felt kind of like an outsider, even when I was very successful back in the old days. Even then. I kind of enjoyed it, really.
During my first photo shoot, I was unhappy because they put so much makeup on me and straightened my hair. I've been stubborn ever since.
If I'm going to get it in with the sugar, if I'm going to have some cake. I always make sure I put in a hard workout after that for sure.
In reply to 'how do I flirt with people?': Just be yourself and not want anything out of anybody. Desire is the killer of all smoothness.
Then I read Little Women, and of course, like a lot of really young girls, I was very taken with Jo - Jo being the writer and the misfit.
Vowels are the most illuminated letters in the alphabet. Vowels are the colors and souls of poetry and speech. (1976 Penthouse interview)
But looking back, the fact was that I had a couple of big hits too quickly and it was simply too much for an introvert like me to handle.
The fortunes of the entire world may well ride on the ability of young Americans to face the responsibilities of an old America gone mad.