When I do an hour-and-a-half show, if I don't improvise 20 minutes worth of new material each night, I feel I've let myself down.
I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. What I do, in my opinion, is by no means extraordinary.
I always try to be myself. Ever since I was an introverted kid, I'd get on stage and be able to break out of my shell.
I really pride myself in being able to combine soft and hard characteristics. If I do a leather jacket, then it will be with a really pretty feminine blouse underneath.
I can talk openly about my support for the artists on Communion because I'm not promoting myself.
I am probably more critical of myself than anyone else, I am very tiny - 5'1 and a half inches - so there's nowhere for weight to hide.
I would never want to take TOMS or myself into an issues debate. That's not what we're about. We're about helping people.
When I'm sitting writing, I know that something works if I've made myself cry, or laugh, or have a visceral emotion.
I've learned there's nothing wrong with being a little fussy. I used to pride myself on being low-maintenance - I wore it like a badge of honor.
I like to regard myself as someone who's capable of critical thought, that is to say, who can evaluate claims.
I'm as skeptical as anyone would be about celebrities and causes - and I will dare to say to you that I don't think of myself as a celebrity per se.
For years I tried to put myself in a box, and it frustrated me, so I had to let go and let the universe take its course.
If I am going to trash others for their dumb predictions, I must at least hold myself to the same sort of accountability.
I've always done everything at my disposal to avoid labeling what I do, or to avoid being labeled myself.
Well, I use the word Satanist, but I don't know if I ever really considered myself as somebody who's into Satan.
My outspoken beliefs have been embraced, but I don't consider myself an activist. Maybe people consider me as that, but it's not anything outrageous or bad I can't live with.
It was a pretty fierce rivalry. I'm just speaking for myself, but I think it was general through the clubs. We didn't like them, and they didn't like us.
I try not to kid myself. You know, I don't mind romancing someone else, but to fool yourself is pretty devastating and dangerous.
There are probably writers who are much more visual than I am and some who are less. I like to think of myself as a happy medium.
If I were to limit myself to the opportunities that were presented playing only Chinese-American parts, I would be virtually without a career.
I'm never sure who I'm writing for, or who's reading me, but I definitely see myself in conspiracy with my readers.
