“When I write I like to give equal justice to lyrics, too. I want the song to have meaning for me so I can make it have meaning for the audience.”

“I try to make the music give people a chance to become engrossed with what they hear enough to possibly experience things they've probably experienced on their own but don't normally let themselves...”

“A song should stand on its own and on what a singer does with it. It shouldn't need a lot of extra help to be good.”

“If there is one sinor rather one wasteit is not doing what you have the inclination or gift for.”

“I like working alone. I feel freer, less constrained. I know what I have to do and I try to do it. There are no superficial hangups.”

“I like performing because it's direct contact with live people. I write a good deal of the time but that's introspective creation rather than interaction.”

“Stories exist to entertain and inspire us. Theyre merely veils of hope for when we see the ugliness of the world.”

“Stories exist to entertain and inspire us. They’re merely veils of hope for when we see the ugliness of the world.”

“I have a hundred million fans, Angela, but I have very few friends.”