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" Some of the most wonderful people are the ones who don't fit into boxes. "

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" It's been a thrilling journey - I have had to really learn that an orchestra is an entity - it's a creature. I have been calling it the dragon and the conductor is the dragon tamer. And you just have to... ride and don't let go and you will be fine. "

" I am the worst influence. If you can't handle your vices, then I am the Devil. "

" When you're in your 20s, there's maybe a little room for you to not be at the top of your artistic game, if you look good on a magazine cover. When you're not on the cover of the magazines anymore, then you realize that the work has to be great. "

" I think doing variations on a classical theme is a dangerous thing to do. "

" Some people say, I'd give anything to be 30 again. Well, I really wouldn't. I didn't enjoy being 30. "

" I like involved projects. "

" I'm really quite happy to say that in my early 40s, I wake up feeling sexy, and I can't say I felt that way in my late 20s. "

" I started playing the piano when I was about two and got a scholarship to the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore when I was five. But I left when I was 11. "

" To me glamour isn't about being sparkly. "

" Take a different route to the coffee shop to see what you can see and hear. When we get in a routine, we can become zombie-like and shut down. It's about discipline. You have to push yourself. "

" I don't want to give too much ink to foolish men. "

" People listen to music the way they want to listen to music. "

" When one doesn't want the limelight, but is also creative in developing whatever it is they are, then you can have two equal people that aren't competing against each other. I think when you are in the same field, it's difficult to leave it outside and not compete. Then when the doors are closed; that pervades everything. "

" I was two and a half when I first climbed up and sat at a piano. "

" If you think a child is going to be your accessory... it's not like a micro pig. It's not about putting them in front of the television. You need to read to them at night. "

" I think you have to know who you are. Get to know the monster that lives in your soul, dive deep into your soul and explore it. "

" I produce the records. I don't hand over control to some really expensive producer who then talks to the record company and then tries to bend me to their will - for commercial purposes. "

" My father was a minister and so rock music was banned in our house. "

" After a while, though, you realize that a whole slew of young singer-songwriter piano players are getting compared to you. That's when you feel the passage of time is occurring. "

" There are two ways to wake up. You can wake up thinking about what you know, or you wake up thinking and saying 'What can I learn?.' That's a very different approach. "

" You have to be clear what your message is and what you're doing. I mean, Miley Cyrus is an amazing talent, and sometimes you kind of just want to say, 'We know you're not Hannah Montana anymore. We know that, my dear. My darling. Now, go be great.' "

" The world that we all knew before, could wake up in feeling safe... now it seems that everything has been turned upside down. "

" Parenting is not for everybody. It changes your life. Especially when they're little. "

" I'm a musician first, a food-lover second, a dirty mouth with feet, and a girl last time I checked. "

" I've had to keep exploring different ways of presenting the music so I don't repeat myself. "

" My favorite saying is, 'If it's too loud, turn it up.' "

" I know I'm an acquired taste - I'm anchovies. And not everybody wants those hairy little things. "

" Guys would sleep with a bicycle if it had the right color lip gloss on. They have no shame. They're like bull elks in a field. "

" Our generation has an incredible amount of realism, yet at the same time it loves to complain and not really change. Because, if it does change, then it won't have anything to complain about. "

" I don't feel I'm as good a mum as my mum was. "