The Afghans are probably the world champions in resisting foreign domination and infiltration into their country.
The thing is that I'm an actor first, and in 'Once,' I was able to be a musician and a singer as well as an actor.
Books are Uniquely Portable Magic
Every bad precedent originated as a justifiable measure.
I was singing before I could talk.
I had no aspirations to be a musician, but I picked up a guitar for two seconds and haven't put it down since.
Artists teach critics what to think. Critics repeat what the artists teach them.
I started trying to write songs when I was 8 or 9 years old.
The potential for the saxophone is unlimited.
The soprano turned out to sound to me like the right hand on the piano.
I wanted to be like Bruce Jenner.
It takes an athlete to dance, but an artist to be a dancer
I like interior decoration, so I might do something in that. I might, at some point, take two years off to study interior decoration.
We showed the industry that female artists could attract the same audiences as the big male stars.
I play piano every day.
I'm not online. I'm not on Facebook much. I don't connect that way.
I knew I didn't have the right name for a singer. Having a name that nobody could pronounce was hardly an asset.
I got rock in me.
Selling millions of albums is a sign you've infiltrated the culture.
I wanted to put out a solo record because I was stuck on a major label and sick of it.
Pop concerts create an audience for Pops concerts, not an audience for classical symphonic concerts.
