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I have as much rage as you have, I have as much pain as you do, I've lived as much hell as you have, and I've kept mine bubbling under for you.
Let's grease the wheel over tea, let's discuss things in confidence. Let's be outspoken, let's be ridiculous, let's solve the world's problems.
I really do see that anywhere I am, whether it's doing interviews a hundred in a row, that every situation I'm in, I'm at choice in the matter.
In the face of patriarchy, it is a brave act indeed for both men and women to embrace, rather than shame or attempt to eradicate, the feminine.
What makes me deeply vulnerable? Probably the thing I suffer most from and have the most uncontrollable reactions from is still social anxiety.
My best memories growing up are of putting on musicals with my mom and dad, Both of them are real hams; it was like vaudeville in East Hampton.
It's impossible to make a record when you're ill because it affects how you listen to things. You can't make decisions. It all sounds terrible.
I sit down and draw from my lyric book. I sit down and start looking through it and see if there is anything that strikes me that I've written.
I wouldn't want to make the same record over and over again or look the same or be the same. I think that's just human life in general, though.
The nature of honesty is that if someone has information or knows something about you that you don't want heard, then they have power over you.
My number-one theory in life is that style is proportional to your lack of resources - the less you have, the more stylish you're likely to be.
I was wiser at 30 than I am now. My judgment was better at 12. If you look out the windshield of a Hyundai or a Bentley, you see the same road.
I'd like to think that in a generation or two we'll have politicians whose life experience reflects that of the people who are voting for them.
Just call me a family man and an actor who digs his whole scene, side interests and all. Just say I feel mighty good at the ripe old age of 27.
I don't play big stadium-style dance, but I have discovered, to my delight, that the appetite for real low slung deep house is very much alive.
For someone like me, who has grown up with Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen, it's hard not to invest a lot of myself in what I do.
If there's a song where there's a possibility of guitar stuff that would be fun to listen to, go for it. Don't worry about what anybody thinks.
I've always known from the time I was eight years old what I wanted to do. I would have been fairly content to be someone's lead guitar player.
You say how you feel, and songs don't lie. Songs are the most honest form of human expression there is--there's nothing that lies about a song.
Singing was always quite a private thing... I don't think my own mum even heard me sing until after I signed with Sony just out of high school!
All my first albums, they're full of heart and emotion, and the songs are wonderful, but they wouldn't have been the takes I would have chosen.
We allow each other so little enjoyment or even tolerance for our individualities, our uniquenesses, and yet to me, that's what it's all about.
I can't believe this is happening to me. The weirdest thing is it was just a dream, and now it's actually real. It's hard to believe sometimes.
And make sure you tell daddy That I'm still his little girl Yeah I still feel like I'm where I'm supposed to be But don't forget to remember me
Writing down everything I eat makes such a difference, because you never realize how much you're consuming unless you read it later in the day.
I think the hardest thing about my life is that I've met so many people all over the world who I love, but they're not friends with each other.
The thing I love about hip-hop is that it's so creative. It's so creatively rewarding. When you hit it, and you hit it big, there are no words.
I've got a lot of little quirks and moments that - my wife, she knows exactly what to say and how to handle me, 'cause I can be hard to handle.
The relationship between parents and children who live together is a growing one, and it shifts every day, especially during the teenage years.
Coldplay fans are the best in the world. If you like Coldplay then you're obviously very intelligent and good looking and all-around brilliant.
When I'm on a strict eating regimen, at some point I have to have French fries, a cheeseburger and some pizza. And Oreos and vanilla ice cream!
I think it's in my blood: both of my parents are very hard workers and were always working when I was growing up. I love working and what I do.
I never want to produce anything that a family could not enjoy together. I never want to create art that would embarrass my own children later.
The music, I think, is just as important as the lyrics; it portrays the emotion of the song. I play the kind of music that I want to listen to.
'Limbo' has been one of the greatest hits of my career. A great response all over the world, not just Latinos but people in Europe and America.
The more I push myself to really live and really experience things and step outside of my comfort zone, the more the songs are allowed to flow.
The only I would say is a little different is when I know my parents are in the audience. That's never going to be the same as another concert.
Wasting time just going mindless, watching your charades. When you were younger, did it occur to you 10 years from then you'd act the same age?
I don't have maids or servants, and my husband and I love waking up early and going to the 24-hour supermarket when there is nobody else there.
Wouldn't it be something if we could have things we love in abudance without their losing that special attraction the want of them held for us.
When you have a couple hundred people in one huge space, that's gonna lead to jokes and it's a breeding ground for practical jokes and teasing.
I'd love to cover an 'Incubus' song. I don't think anybody in a cowboy hat on a country stage has ever done that, and I'd love to be the first.
I'm not one for walking the beaches humming a melody. I love the discipline of sitting in the studio, writing and listening. That is my domain.
I told the record company I didn't feel the need to be at red-carpet events. I wanted a career. But I wanted to keep myself intact as a person.
People tend to think that because I need all this time on my own in the studio, that I need time on my own, period. And that's not really true.
I like to talk to the crowd on stage. I don't like going to a concert and feeling like the people on stage don't care whether or not I'm there.
My songs are always about overcoming things, whether it's breaking up with a guy or just trying to be happy. They're always about being better.
What happens is, when I perform, I'm somewhere else. I go back in time and get in touch with who I really am. I forget my troubles, my worries.
I guess there are a lot of people out there that think they're supposed to define themselves in isolation, but that's not necessarily the case.
I'm a little bit older, I've traveled the world, spent lots of time in New York and Paris and lots of inspiring places, and I still feel alien.