When improvisation is properly applied, it is compositional thinking, sped way up.

I would lock myself in my room and drink a case of Corona and smoke a load of pot.

Sometimes you're afraid to fall in love with a chick, but she sucks you in anyway.

It's really cool what you can do with a guitar and a Fender Twin and a space echo.

I had been singing since I was 3 years old, so my love of singing was always there.

I am a vegan out of my love and respect for animals, as well as respect for myself.

Music videos are like girlfriends. I'm constantly amazed on what other people doing

There is a certain type of white Southerner who respects certain Negro individuals.

One thing I've learned is that the best thing a producer can do is help you be you.

I remember the first vinyl I bought: 'Purple Rain,' my favorite Prince album, ever.

We would go on 'The Voice,' and we'd get kicked off of the first episode, probably.

Im truly the best singer in the country. My kind of pop music is the best in Spain.

I would rather have people be even cynical about me than to feed the negative vibe.

I'd like to sing songs that are mellower. I don't want to be screaming when I'm 60.

To me, the lyrics mean more then the music, and that's the way it should always be.

I'm a moron because I don't want to lie in a gutter puking over myself... yeah right

My parents taught me what life is about, so I grew up the type they warned me about.

Preservation Hall is the sound of joy. When they start playing, people start moving.

Bliss is easy, just take a drug. What is hard is feeling good about our real selves.

There's no specific aesthetic other than a sense of the beautiful itself, I suppose.

The audience should feel they are hearing the future, that is arriving just on time.

If [my son] had any pain in feeling that he couldn't express to me, that would hurt.

I'm just a dreamer I dream my life away i'm just a dreamer Who dreams of better days

Nobody ever told me, I found out for myself, you got to believe in foolish miracles.

The power of people, when they focus on something positive, never fails to amaze me.

I'm not the kind of person you think I am, I'm not the anti-Christ, or the iron man.

To stay a great singer or guitar player, you've got to do it 24/7. That's what I do.

I cannot help feeling I would have been happier with a husband and chidren of my own.

I like walking and hiking, and many of the ideas for songs have germinated from this.

I think we're going to look back on the Internet in 50 to 100 years as a big mistake.

I like harmonizing with other people, but a lot of times, I do harmonize with myself.

I've always wanted to do a solo project. I've always known I wanted to be a musician.

Christopher Hitchens is perhaps the greatest orator ever. He's such a famous atheist.

The birth of a doubt that was once your belief is drowning in the tears that you cry.

I never agreed with the message of the Catholic Church - and still don't to this day.

I think sometimes people have a different idea of what starting a band is going to be.

I didn't get into music until the early 90s when I heard rap music for the first time.

There's a whole split personality thing of being a farm girl and a rock and roll girl.

Each of the CDs prior to 'Flirting With Twilight' were more like roller-coaster rides.

My favorite music is '80s music which drives people around me crazy. I really love it.

I'm not trying to twist people's heads around. I'm not trying to say, "Believe in me."

I'm not used to introspection. I've never lingered on my feelings. The show must go on.

A lot of people thought I'd died, because of your coverage, they know I'm still around.

Music journalists love Elvis Costello and hate me because they look like Elvis Costello

As you get older the odds are against you that you are still going to be on the planet.

We should always be trying to tear down the walls and say, 'I'm no different than you.'

Sandalwood is one of the ingredients in Tam Dao, the perfume that I love from Diptyque.

You’ve got to try and take things to the next level, or you’ll just get stuck in a rut.

I'll kind of tend to beat myself up because I just want it to sound better than better.

I never really felt super-Texan. It wasn't like I was unhappy, but I wasn't superhappy.

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