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I'm not going to be joining ZZ Top. You know they can't play my stuff. It's too complicated.
I always say, you never know how much your parents loved you until you have a child to love.
I am the biggest Destiny's Child - Beyonce, Kelly, Michelle, all of them - fan in the world.
If you are brave enough to be yourself, I think that is a huge risk and should be applauded.
I don't write songs in order to stick it to my exes. I don't release underground dis tracks.
A lot of times, Im singing things that are observational and am definitely including myself.
And in fact, I think the more we start to worship perfection the more soul leaks out of art.
You know, your speaking voice comes back, but your singing voice you use in a different way.
The USO tours I've been part of have definitely been the highlight of my career and my life.
I'm turning 22, so I want to start getting into work that reflects where I'm at in life now.
First electricity, now telephones. Sometimes I feel as if I'm living in an H.G. Wells novel.
The Constitution of the United States allows us to change; I don't have a problem with that.
I'd rather be a kid and play with paper planes, than be a man and play with a woman's heart.
Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.
I look into the faces of people struggling with their own lives, and I do not see strangers.
When it seems that something can't be done, start it, and see if the rest of it can be done.
There is a purpose to our lives that each day tugs at our sleeve as an annoying distraction.
Life is a process by which a few desperate longings morph into a thousand meaningless wants.
In the end, no thought is unthinkable, no problem unshrinkable, no two strangers unlinkable.
We are each of us born into the arms of mortality, the Lord recognizing our need to be held.
Massage is the only form of physical pleasure to which nature forgot to attach consequences.
Things happen in everyday life that make you consider living your life just every other day.
There is never an embarrassing silence that can't be turned into a regrettable conversation.
A commuter tie-up consists of you — and people who for some reason won't use public transit.
Often what we take for a kindness is just someone acting in their capacity as a human being.
All I know is "make a joyful noise unto the Lord", and I do that whatever opportunity I get.
It's so important that we say 'I can see his point of view and I can see his point of view'.
I made her the queen of my double wide trailer with the polyester curtains and redwood deck.
It's a good question, because to be believable is the only way that you could be successful.
It's nice to be able to engage with this fan base that I've worked to build, brick by brick.
I've never been one to stay in a complacent place where I just let the grass grow around me.
When I decided to be a singer, my mother warned me I'd be alone a lot. Basically we all are.
My path has not been determined. I shall have more experiences and pass many more milestones.
I'm from downtown New Orleans. Downtown consists of the 7th ward, the 8th ward, the 9th ward.
Some days I'm up, some days I'm down. But I think one thing that does get you moving is hope.
I'm honored the folks and Bendon understood why I wanted to work with them and Toys for Tots.
You can't make someone love you, all you can do is stalk them and hope they panic and give in
I've had people tell me I'm fat, and I'm like one of the smallest people I've met in my life.
I don't know of any artist who started off in the 50's who's making it now with new material.
I don't leave home to go help other people live if I'm not modeling that in our home setting.
"Be courageous and keep moving forward"... that's kind of the mantra that I've tried to keep.
In the quest to be clever, I completely forgot about the people that I love and that love me.
A lot of times, I'm singing things that are observational and am definitely including myself.
If tolerance and kindness and acceptance and love are political, then I guess I am political.
There's nothing more fun than sitting in a circle playing with people who are really into it.
Whenever someone leaves, the next person that gets pulled in is somebody with similar values.
If you have a mom, there is nowhere you are likely to go where a prayer has not already been.
Basically we are all looking for someone who knows who we are and will break it to us gently.
Do I rue a life wasted doing crosswords? Yes, but I do know the three-letter-word for regret.
If you knew that hope and despair were paths to the same destination, which would you choose?