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" It's what people don't say that is often the most revealing. "
Sophie B. Hawkins
Revealing
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" I grew up listening to Beethoven and old jazz singers like Billie Holiday, Nina Simone and Anita O'Day. But those were, like, the only women I listened to - I hated women pop singers. "
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" It isn't hard to be an artist and do your money thing. It's much harder to wake up in the middle of the night knowing that you're being ripped off and starting to get this feeling in your stomach almost bordering on bitterness toward people who are saying one thing and doing another. "
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" Marriage is a walk in the park compared to being a single mother or father. I'll take that walk later. "
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" I'm not the kind that could lead the millionaire lifestyle. I've got a truck, and I've got my bike. I've got a lovely Labrador and two kitty-cats. I live very modestly. "
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" I've evolved as a human being, and I've taken more risks. I've let go of judgment. I don't know when the best stuff is coming - I sink into the process in a different way. I paint more, and my vision is stronger, but I don't think my music is better, because nothing is ever better than your first material. "
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" My son has an old mother. "
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" I'm not running around looking for love and validation. "
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" By pushing children and wanting quick success, parents are producing followers, not leaders. "
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" I was really proactive in trying to heal my family. I wouldn't give up. My whole life was about trying to get my father healthier, and there were moments when he was healthier. Then someone would give him a drink. I always felt if he had one person in his life who supported his healthy side, he'd be on his way. "
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" Very few artists are as independent as I am mentally, physically, spiritually and technically. I sit in my home studio and record things by myself. I don't need to get anybody's approval or validation. "
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" My true friends, and my son, see me with kind eyes. I feel it. So that's the freedom my children have given me. To be naked in the world with an open heart. "
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" My songs are always four years ahead of me. They're like my teachers. "
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" Success was one of my weakest points. I was so ill-prepared for it. I never appreciated within myself the gift of success. I never accepted it. People gave me so much momentum and love, and people really got my music, but I didn't accept it. That's probably one of my biggest regrets. "
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" I'm actually always looking for the good news. "
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" I can be completely spontaneous, which is absolutely wonderful. I don't like it at the same time; no one wants to be nervous all the time, but that nervousness mixes with the excitement I feel on the stage, and it makes for a wonderful performance. "
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" Most people depend on a lot of other people. "
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" I don't want to date. But I do have dreams about a great love. "
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Love
" My son has one parent who's 50. I want him to have a family of young people, too! "
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" I got a record deal with Sony, and I really just put acting aside. But it's a love. "
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" I live each day full of gratitude, and that's good for my children. "
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" I was a coat checker, a dishwasher, a waitress, and those were some of the happiest times of my life because I still got to do my writing. You're lucky when you can work and then do your art. "
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" I'm always working on a new album because I'm always writing, and I'm always in and out of my home studio. "
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" I was a coat-checker at Orso, and all these wonderful actors were coming in, and it was exciting to me, so I started going to classes, and my excuse was, 'I'll be a better songwriter if I can understand how to play a character.' Well, that couldn't be farther from the truth. "
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" Most people who are successful don't keep their money. One of the rarest things in the world is to maintain success and integrity - the kinds of things that seem so easy just starting out. But that's the human predicament. "
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" I've been wanting to have a child since Dashiell was 1, but I was working too much, and there was a lot going on in my relationship. "
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