There's something different that happens when you're writing a song for your own record that you know you're going to sing.
If you're horrible to me, I'm going to write a song about it, and you won't like it. That's how I operate.
Sometimes the magnetism of a song is impossible to ignore, and it demands that it be sung in a certain way.
There isn't music without rhythm; have a soul that won't leave your lips without a song.
She danced a jig, she sung a song that took my heart away.
'Miss Saigon' taught me what it means to help carry a big show, and it had some of the most gorgeous songs wrote.
To be honest, I think about the clubs when I write. But I should probably start thinking about stadiums, because the songs sound even better there - and bigger.
Songs are a way to express what I have felt. A way to understand what happened to me or to other people.
I definitely don't sit down every day and make a new song.
I create little challenges for myself, like, 'Okay, whatever you do in this song, you've got to somehow work in Greek Cypriots,' or something like that.
When you write a song you have an idea of how it should be sung but it doesn't work out that way if someone else records it.
Songwriters, you have to work - you have to wait for residuals. You have to pray that the song's going to be a hit. And then a year later, you might get a check.
That's part of the curse: If you're gonna play the song, you better play it. I've tried to phone in 'Jeremy' a few times, and it's tough. It doesn't work.
Fun is when you're writing a song and you're trying a rough shot at a demo and... it works. That's when it's fun. After that, it's work.
So many women have experienced horrific forms of male violence throughout their lives, and why isn't there a song about how you get depressed because of it?
I totally agree with equal rights and women's causes, and most of my songs are woman-power, but I don't want to be labelled at 20 years old.
Whoever I love is the most beautiful.
True love is a star surrounded by stars.
Our love is a rainbow; which leads to freedom.
Everthing-absolutely everything-will be my I love you, Eppie.
Be in love with what you do. Love wisdom. Love life. Love people. God is love.
