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" Some people are really good at maneuvering their careers and images and I'm not one of those people. "

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" Music commands how we feel, dictates what we experience in our feelings. "

" I try to conduct my life with a little levity. "

" I think war is based in greed and there are huge karmic retributions that will follow. I think war is never the answer to solving any problems. The best way to solve problems is to not have enemies. "

" I've been really, really blessed. I got to perform on stage with Bob Dylan. I've gotten to sing with Mick Jagger. "

" I can always tell when people have had plastic surgery. "

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" I have yet to write that one song that defines my career. "

" A song that sounds simple is just not that easy to write. One of the objectives of this record was to try and write melodies that continue to resonate. "

" The greatest hits in some weird way marks the end of something. "

" I've only been making records since 1991. When you look at the long-standing careers of people like Joni, it's not very long! "

" People don't realize that I'm really funny and I'm an excellent bridge player. "

" I wish I was having as much fun as the press reports said I had. "

" I have been around for a long, long time. I didn't make it 'til I was older. I went through the period when women were not getting signed, particularly if you were writing songs that were lyrically propelled. "

" I didn't get into making music for the fame aspect. There are people who do desire that. "

" You can't be in the public eye without making mistakes and having some regrets and having people analyze everything you do. "

" Where I fit in is confusing to me. "

" Your art kind of changes as you get older, by nature of the fact that you're hopefully gaining wisdom and you're starting to watch things with a better overview. "

" It's interesting when I jog, how much the music makes a difference. You can pretty much count on the Foo Fighters to get your heart rate up. "

" However I am is however I am. When you see me onstage or in the press, there's not a lot of thought and calculation that goes into it. "

" A lot of people seem to get preoccupied with what I'm wearing as opposed to the music. "

" No matter how chaotic it is, wildflowers will still spring up in the middle of nowhere. "

" I become more seasoned, it's less interesting to try and compete in the pop market. "

" When I reach the point that I write Yesterday, then I can retire. "

" Most writers like to maintain some sort of anonymity. For me, making videos was an assault. "

" Artists have really never had any representation on Capitol Hill, because it's not the nature of the artist to join together and make a unified presence. Those days kind of died in the '60s. "

" I draw from my family and my friends and I feel like that small-town person. The achievements, the materialistic possessions have really become to mean less. They mean nothing. "

" Music really becomes the soundtrack to the major events to your life. "

" Beck said he didn't believe in the theory of a song coming through you as if you were an open vessel. I agree with him to a certain extent. "

" That feeling of freedom, open highways of possibilities, has kind of been lost to materialism and marketing. "