I've always supported myself. I like the sense of knowing exactly where I stand financially, but there is a side of me that longs for a knight in shining armor.
But having said that, what's happening with campaign finance reform and our political culture is devastating.
Thirty to 40 years ago, most financial decisions were fairly simple.
A budget tells us what we can't afford, but it doesn't keep us from buying it.
I don't think about success to be famous, because I've done that at the highest level, but it's all about my children.
God's love is too great to be confined to any one side of a conflict or to any one religion.
I do put a lot of God in my music, but not because I'm super religious. There are a lot of demons in my music, too. I acknowledge both.
Helping those who have been struck by unforeseeable misfortunes is fundamentally different from making dependency a way of life.
I'm starting to think about my life, thinking about where I'm going to be in three years time: who I'm going to be with, where I'm going to be situated myself.
I guess music, particularly the blues, is the only form of schizophrenia that has organised itself into being both legal and beneficial to society.
Well, I'm from the South originally. I grew up in South Carolina definitely learning about manners and being proper and having to go to cotillions.
I enjoyed studying costume, learning about the corsetry and the historical context of fashion. I never had any real intention of being a costume designer.
But the mechanics of learning to 'throw your voice' are pretty simple. Anyone with a tongue, an upper palate, teeth, and a normal speaking voice can learn ventriloquism.
'Reluctantly Healthy' is so completely different than what I do for a living. It's really what I wanted it to be, which is learning to be healthy.
A pilot is like the most extensive dress rehearsal you can ever imagine, because the writers are learning about the actors, the actors are learning about the characters.
I am learning to forgive my inner geek, and even value him as a free man.
I find that we must be careful not to judge or weigh in on anything other than ourselves. I am living and learning this still!
I was just learning to play guitar when Tracy Chapman came out. She wrote these songs, she played them by herself and I so admired her for that.
I'm an obsessive hiker and I do it every day for two hours and it really helps me when it comes to learning songs or scripts.
I've worked very hard at understanding myself, learning to be assertive. I'm past the point where I worry about people liking me.
I know what I like when I see it, but no way have I ever become interested in learning about it.
