When a song came on the radio that I wanted to learn, my mother would quickly write down the lyrics for me. Soon after, I would be singing it.
If we write our dreams and goals down, we dramatically increase our odds of realization. If we share them with others, they become potent and alive.
Frazzled and delirious, as I've just finished a new book of stories. I feel like Moses staggering down the mountainside with the tablets of stone.
In hard times nothing is visible life seems to beat you down, with courage hit the problems ball will be in your court.
Like every other girl in the world, my most embarrassing moment had to do with a guy completely turning me down. His loss!
I can say that I don't see myself with the foot on the gas pedal as hard as it's been down for 16 years.
I had a notepad and I wrote down 30 things to make myself better just off the top of my head, and the next day I started to do that.
Girls spilled drinks down their dresses and flicked their hair. Wishing anyone, maybe even you, would notice them... You were someone to me.
For 'Way Down Low', I was particularly inspired by a breakup I was going through and a transition I was making from Austin to New York.
I am not into action and adventure on holiday; that doesn't really do it for me. I would much rather go and lie down.
It's often a matter of sitting in front of the computer and worrying. It's what writing comes down to--worrying that things aren't going to work out.
It is not cowardly, quite the contrary, to seek to meet the adversary and know his intentions. However, it is cowardly, shameful and treasonable to lay down arms.
If my mum thinks I'm acting like a diva she'll soon tell me off... She'll cut me down to size!
You need to get down among the people who are the dirtiest and dustiest, and the depravity, and you need to see Christ's light shining there.
The sound principle of a topsy-turvy lifestyle in the framework of an upside-down world order has stood every test.
Sometimes in the course of human events it becomes necessary to kick some ass. Knock them down, but then extend a hand to help them change.
As you bloom in new seasons, you must get down on your hands and knees, take a closer look and bravely remove the weeds.
I still want to be as approachable and relatable as possible - when I meet fans and they're crying, I'll say, 'Calm down, there's nothing to cry about.'
I just feel like I have this gift that I've been given. It's like, 'Someone unwrap it! Here it is!' That drive can't be held down.
No one in their right mind would turn down the contracts I've been offered.
Secretly, deep down, everybody on Earth believes they can write poetry, apart from the members of the Poets' Guild, who know they can't.
