I've found myself getting more and more cynical about what's happening to the planet - it makes me furious.
I'm really out of touch with myself emotionally. I've always had a hard time talking about how I feel.
I really hope that when someone puts my record on that they hear me.
Don't ever feel inhibited. It's harder to censor yourself than to just be yourself.
Life is too short to surround yourself with people who aren't looking out for you.
I was in musicals and I was in the choir when I was younger. Before I started writing my own songs I thought I wanted to be on Broadway, but it was nothing I ever really pursued. So this was pretty out of the blue.
Honestly, live is my favorite way of performing. Every show is a completely different energy. With recording, it's not really as organic as it can be. But I feel like I'm a lot more fluid, and I can be a little bit more aggressive.
Don't clean your desk. You might find something in the morning that you can't see tonight.
I believe in discipline. You can forgive incompetence. You can forgive lack of ability. But one thing you cannot ever forgive is lack of discipline.
I think actually under scrutiny, Hillary's [Clinton] promotion of equal wages at poverty level and of healthcare for children but not for their families, of childcare when there are no jobs, it just doesn't cut it. I think women need a real agenda of justice because women are care-givers, because women are instruments of justice for our families and for our communities.
My only books Were woman's looks,- And folly 's all they 've taught me.