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" People used to say nobody can sing my songs but me - they're too personal. "

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" The Beginning of Survival is my best album. I am very proud of it, and I am surprised at it, too. I thought some of Travelogue was a little heavy, but I don't think this is heavy. "

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" I believe that I am male and I am female. "

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" Edith Piaf knocked my socks off when I was 8, but I didn't know what she was singing about. "

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" I'm a very analytical person, a somewhat introspective person; that's the nature of the work I do. "

" I'm not a pitiable creature. It's just that I suffer very eloquently. "

" When I came to California, it was the mecca of the world. Every young person on the planet wanted to be here. "

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" I've got 50 different tunings in the guitar. "

" I sing my sorrow, and I paint my joy. "

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