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I'm a pretty tenacious person; I get that from my mom. So sometimes, I use dark humor. I can't take myself too seriously.
If you're able to be yourself, then you have no competition. All you have to do is get closer and closer to that essence.
I enjoyed singing, I loved song writing, I loved recording. All those things that involves with creating music was great.
The Doobie Brothers' 'What a Fool Believes' makes me want to move. And I still haven't gotten over the Macarena. Who has?
As a country singer, there is only one place you dream of playing in your lifetime, and that is the Grand Ole Opry House.
My favorite songs to sing have always been songs about regret. I don't know why that is, but to me, that's country music.
Where have all the good men gone, and where are all the gods? Where's the street-wise Hercules, to fight the rising odds?
Celebrity is ridiculous and silly and it's mad that people like me are listened to - you know, rap stars and movie stars.
I'm on the phone 24/7 with my kids talking to them about the ups and down of life, schoolwork, bullying, the great times.
For me, music is therapeutic, so the songs that came to me the easiest came from the most devastating moments of my life.
My feet are definitely more grounded than before. And I know that I'm not holding onto a dream. I'm holding onto my life.
A fan will grab you and hug you and will not let go. When that happens, you wish it could be that way all over the world.
I like unkempt; I don't mind if I have holes in my jacket or whatever. I think people should look more the way they feel.
The schedule is crazy - it's all suitcases and hotel rooms and you just go nonstop. It's a crazy lifestyle, it really is.
I'm content with life, and I'm finally at that place where I feel relaxed and can really enjoy what's going on around me.
When people come and see me, I want them to experience joy. I don't do any sad songs in my show. It's to lift the spirit.
I was flying back from Lubbock and I saw Jesus on the plane, or maybe it was Elvis. You know, they kind of look the same.
When you write a song like 'Forrest Gump,' the subject can't be androgynous. It requires an unnecessary amount of effort.
Who knows where the road will lead us Only a fool would say, But if you let me love you I'm sure to love you all the way.
At long last love has arrived, and I thank God I'm alive. You're just too good to be true, can't take my eyes off of you.
Mountaintop removal coal operations enrich only a handful of elites while impoverishing everyone else in their proximity.
That's what they do in Argentina. Have a little wine and talk. Then have some coffee and talk. Then, go back to the wine.
Each and every one of you has the power, the will and the capacity to make a difference in the world in which you live in
I'm quite old-fashioned. I like going out to dinner. You have the chance to talk to somebody and get to know them better.
People, whether they know it or not, like their blues singers miserable. They like their blues singers to die afterwards.
I never picked up a guitar as a kid, partly because my dad didn't want the noise in our little back-to-back in Sheffield.
Meeting people who want to start a charity, help out their families, or raise money for a good cause has been really fun.
It's the most personal thing that I do is sing. Because I can't tell a lie. I want them to know exactly what I'm feeling.
Nat was my hero right from the very beginning. My dad brought his music into the house and played it over and over again.
I might take what I do very seriously, but at least I'm doing something, rather than sitting on my arse and being no-one.
The reason I haven't had kids yet is because I was so focused on my acting career, hoping I could get something to break.
I always choose songs that I have an emotional connection to, and I often feel myself getting very emotional when I sing.
When you have had the high of being on stage, especially in a band like ourselves, I can't help but search for that buzz.
What you see is kinda what you get with me. I'm a very real person, or I hope to be, anyway. I don't have nothing to hide
We were a silent, hidden thought in the folds of oblivion, and we have become a voice that causes the heavens to tremble.
My greatest influence came from my parents' love of classical music. We listened to a lot of arias and operas growing up.
That messed me up, growing up in the public eye when I was a teenager. That's when everyone is trying to find themselves.
I believe that everyone has the fundamental right to head to city hall with the person they love and get married. Period.
I needed to get out of Seattle. I had to just come into my own world, my own zone, and really appreciate me and my music.
What people don’t understand is that it wasn’t about Dean or Eddie, it was about whether or not I was in the right place.
What people don't understand is that it wasn't about Dean or Eddie, it was about whether or not I was in the right place.
When I was 6, I saw a commercial that Jessica Simpson was in, and that was the first time I felt my little heart flutter.
I worked two jobs when I got pregnant. I was doing 'Greenleaf' on weekdays and doing 'Set It Off,' the play, on weekends.
My grandfather was a faith healer and medium, and he always encouraged faith in the unseen. I believe in fortune tellers.
I used to think feminism was a liberating force - now I see many of those people are just censors under a different name.
Journalists say my music is "blue wave," or "dreamy," or "jangly-slacker jewel," and none of it really makes sense to me.
If you want me to sing this Christmas song with the feeling and the meaning, you better see if you can locate that check.
I realized that making music can help me to convey my feelings, and if it can relieve me, maybe it can help someone else?
The morning after my high-school graduation found me up early job hunting. The dream of college I put on the back burner.
Music has got a community vibe to it that pulls people together, and those communities are different in different places.