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I had sold my soul for pleasure.
... even the devil works for God.
Survival, I know, is to begin again.
When you have a belief, then you make your views known.
Irish Alzheimer's: you forget everything except the grudges
I have tried, in all the ways I can, to make timeless music.
I may like the Blizzard best, of all the songs I have written
I may like the Blizzard best, of all the songs I have written.
The opening line from a journal can be the beginning of a song.
I look in the mirror through the eyes of the child that was me.
I have inspiration and feelings of being alive most every day I live
I have inspiration and feelings of being alive most every day I live.
Do what you love, and you will find the way to get it out to the world.
The powerful men in my life have always believed in me: my husband, my son
The powerful men in my life have always believed in me: my husband, my son.
Recovering from the suicide of a loved one, you need all the help you can get.
I don't think you get to good writing unless you expose yourself and your feelings.
We have to fight off the demons that have been hanging around suicide for centuries.
When we sing, our hearts can lift and fly, over the troubled waters and over the years.
Experience is how life catches up with us and teaches us to love and forgive each other.
I think that new communications are wonderful and I am delighted to be a part of the Internet generation
I think that new communications are wonderful and I am delighted to be a part of the Internet generation.
I've gone through many, many things. I tell you something, that if it doesn't kill you, you get stronger.
Music can speak louder than words, and I will use my music to speak out on behalf of children everywhere.
I don't know where my songs come from... If I knew, I'd know too much, more than we are allowed on this plane.
Capitalism can be helpful, but it can also be destructive when it's used by huge enterprises worldwide for the sale of weapons.
It is true that I have had heartache and tragedy in my life. These are things none of us avoids. Suffering is the price of being alive.
I am glad so many women singers are being heard in music today. It is healthy for music . . . healthy because it means a lot of men are listening!
Humanity is filled with beautiful and positive and powerful people who care. I'm so glad we have people like Bill Gates and Warren Buffett in the world.
The poetry and the songs that you are suppose to write, I believe are in your heart. You just have to open up your heart and not be afraid to get them out.
Music is always occurring. It is just a matter of marketing, attention, and many other factors, that determines whether people will hear these songs or not.
When inspiration does not come, I go for a walk, go to the movie, talk to a friend, let go... The muse is bound to return again, especially if I turn my back!
I was raised to speak out about politics and the world around me. I would do it whether I was in the public or not. It is the way I was taught. The American way
I was raised to speak out about politics and the world around me. I would do it whether I was in the public or not. It is the way I was taught. The American way.
Suffering is the price of being alive, and it is music and singing and art that has helped me live through some of the most difficult things that have happened to me.
I write journals and would recommend journal writing to anyone who wishes to pursue a writing career. You learn a lot. You also remember a lot... and memory is important
I write journals and would recommend journal writing to anyone who wishes to pursue a writing career. You learn a lot. You also remember a lot... and memory is important.
The rise of the Internet has caused the demise of the record labels, and has destroyed the music business of old, but it's also created new opportunities for young artists.
I feel so very grateful to have the voice God gave me. It takes a lot of rest and training to sing, and I was lucky that I found a great teacher when I first moved to New York.
I am thrilled to have been able to put together this new album. I listened to everything I had recorded in the 24 years with Elektra, and then just took all the ones I am mad about.
I don't dream songs. I'm more apt to write dreams down and then to be able to interpret them into a song. I also tend to get up and write prose in the morning from which will come songs.
Writing anything is terribly hard but, alas for me, because I am addicted, a heck of a lot of fun. I often am sorry I ever started writing prose, because it is so hard. But I can't stop.
I sang in the coffee houses of the country in the early '60s with no idea of success in terms of records or television. I just thought I was a storyteller. I didn't even think of myself as a singer.
If I had not been already been meditating, I would certainly have had to start. I've treated my own depression for many years with exercise and meditation, and I've found that to be a tremendous help.
Most of what we take as being important is not material, whether it's music or feelings or love. They're things we can't really see or touch. They're not material, but they're vitally important to us.
I have friends who've tried suicide many times and haven't succeeded. I myself made an attempt, so I had a connection with that sort of group of people who have tried suicide at one time in their lives.
I always sang when I was little and my father, who was a great influence on me, also had a wonderful voice. He and my mother really encouraged me to sing and play the piano. They were always very supportive.
If I give myself a chore, for instance, when I was writing the songs for Shameless, I said to myself, Now, every day for 90 days you have to write a song; good, bad or indifferent. So that was really helpful.
I had some wonderful dreaming meetings. I can't tell you specifically what they've been in the recent months. In the past they've been verbal kinds of messages that he needed to give me. Now they're more dreams of his presence.
Writing is a voice that calls us from dreams, that peeks out of the corner of our eyes when we think no one is looking, the longing that breaks our hearts even when we think we should be happiest, and to which we cannot give a name.