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" You know that saying, bad things don't happen to good people? That's a lie. "

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" My brother was a fantastic cheerleader for my development as a musician. He was almost 10 years older than me and would really push me to develop as a songwriter. "

" People assume that all artists make for terrible business people, but I'm in complete charge of my own career. "

" Sometimes you need to take a departure from what you do to something that's slightly different in order to get inspiration. "

" You'd think that in this age, especially in the 21st century - especially with all the technology and all the discoveries that we've made - that we would figure out how to tackle abuse. "

" I think there's a time as a writer when you want to see the best things in life, and you go out wherever you go with your dreams as a writer or a composer. "

" There's a richness to the old works if you look before the 1950s. The chord progressions and the language was more complicated, especially in the jazz and classical world. "

" Music is always a reflection of what's going on in the hearts and minds of the culture. "

" When I got older, I chose to look at Christianity as another myth. "

" I'm not very social when I'm off the promo trail, because I step into wife and mother mode. It's very reclusive. "

" I remember driving to North Carolina when I was a little girl in a snowstorm to get down to my mom's family in the Carolinas. There were chains on the car - it was the late sixties - and we were just singing in the car. Christmas carols. "

" I can see how the young girls really get hurt when their moms are critical, or vice versa when they're overly critical of their moms. It can be so painful. "

" 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. "

" For the most part, pianos are female to me. Sometimes they're dykes, and they're always good fun. "

" This was a time frame when dance music and clubs were having a real impact on culture, and it had an impact on me. "

" Being in your forties - any woman who isn't there yet, I just have to say to you: Euphoria is coming to you. "

" I'm not not going to stop giving away what I feel about something. "

" A lot of the carols were not as you hear them now. "

" My father was strict, but he recognised my ability and got a lot of flak from the church for supporting me. "

" 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 really cook. There are caterers, and my husband cooks. "

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

" If you are a nurturing mother, and a good one, you can go to play groups, sit on the floor and play all the games, and have tea with the other mothers, but wouldn't you like to think that's not all there is? That you haven't hung up your high heels without knowing how to walk in them? "

" I get painted quite a bit as a tragic figure because of some of the stuff that's happened in my life. "

" I've carved out a career for myself really as a writer. "

" I've been known to throw watermelons, backstage, at people who are giving me news I don't want to hear. But I never aim for the head. "

" At 15, I knew someone whose mother cooked macrobiotic, so I persuaded my mother to go macrobiotic with me. "

" Not everybody wants to have the same career. I think what's difficult is when you have two people that do something very, very similar and they both, say, want the limelight. That's very tricky. "

" There were times that I needed to go to battle, but how I went to battle wasn't always the best way in. "