A right balance between music and lyrics is important. Music complements lyrics.
I always thought I was singing American folk music.
I started acting almost on a whim to help my music career.
Soul music is pain - you can hear the slaves, the beatin' and the hurtin'.
It's important that when kids are listening to my music they don't think of it as their parent's music.
The approach that the music industry took to fight piracy was the wrong strategy.
I was born out of classical music.
My fame came from my success as a country music singer.
I've always listened to a lot of film music, actually.
People who make music together cannot be enemies, at least while the music lasts.
I'm not really interested in music. Music is just a means of creating a magical state.
I really enjoy creating music onstage, to participate in making music live.
Popular music has always had its really horrendous stuff.
I was always that girl who loved music and thought of music as an escape route.
Beautiful film music can be made relevant to any period.
Music isn't necessarily made to last, and there's always been disposable music.
And the music, as far as a type of music, it's still pretty viable.
My favorite type of music to sing is country, and my favorite type of music to listen to is country.
You gotta 'be' country music - you can't just sing it.
Pop music for me was definitely escapist, but never studious.
The way I approach things is from an experimental folk music standpoint.
