The Supreme Court of the United States... has validated the Nazi method of execution in... concentration camps, starving them to death.
I love this pedal to death. The only way you could keep me from playing one is by chopping off my legs!
I'm death obsessed. You know, I have death all over my house. I have a stuffed two headed sheep!
We can't stop a baby in Africa from starving to death... but we can afford enough technology and weaponry to blow the world up a million times over.
My objection to the death penalty is based on the idea that this is a democracy, and in a democracy the government is me, and if the government kills somebody then I'm killing somebody.
Rock and menopause do not mix. It is not good, it sucks and every day I fight it to the death, or, at the very least, not let it take me over.
I'm the girl who - I call it girl-next-door-itis - the hot guy is friends with and gets all his relationship advice from but never considers dating.
I felt I had an opportunity to follow in the footsteps of great soul musicians of the past, who made a lot of social and political commentary through their music.
Music critics think of lyrics first and don't consider melody but so many songs are lyrically depressing but musically great, and that's why they become classics.
There was a lot of great writing couples, but I try to do it all myself. And it was practically impossible, but I still managed to be ahead of my time.
Whenever people get to see you, it's a great thing. Once people see an image and see the character, they can get into the music a lot more.
I loved playing the guitar and I knew I was pretty good at it, so that's what I wanted to do with my life.
I've always believed in people's capacity for goodness. I still believe that people are good. What I'm not so trusting about anymore is their relationship to their own goodness.
I worked a long time to get good at what I'm doing, and nobody handed me a recording contract because of who my father is.
First and foremost, praying about things and having the good Lord as a part of my life is a huge grounding thing for me.
To this day, I don't like people walking on stage not looking good. You have to look good. If you feel special about yourself then you're going to play special.
If I do a piece in my living room, if I practice it - and I have the tapes to prove this - it's not going to be as good as doing the same piece in front of an audience.
I love music and love a good audience and still have to make a living. Why would I quit?
I think when I was younger I was not very good at writing love songs that didn't have a twist.
One of the good things about globalization is it has created a single international music community, and I feel very much part of it.
I think hype is a good thing. You need it and it'll teach you valuable things and you'll grow stronger, which is what I've done.