"I know my own weaknesses as a human being, and as a musician, as a singer and as a woman."
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"It takes a little time sometimes To get your feet back on the ground."
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"I think for a woman, the hardest thing about growing old is becoming invisible. There's something very front and center about being young."
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"I never thought getting older would be so great. But when it comes to depression, I have experienced less the older I've gotten."
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"I refuse to believe that we're only here to live and die."
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"I don't write songs that don't affect me on some level, because I figure if I am not moved by it, if its not something that I have a longing to celebrate or to be reminded of, if it doesn't affect me, then how can I possibly think it is going to affect somebody else. My touchstone is write something that matters."
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"In the past, when I'd recorded during a break in a tour, it was so easy to sing, because I felt strong. Also, like so many new mothers, I wasn't getting a lot of sleep, and sleeping is such a huge part of being able to sing."
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"You live in a dangerous place when you sacrifice integrity for security."
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"Man hurts man, time and time again. As we drown in the wake of our power, somebody tell me why?"
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"The great thing about a song is that no one has to know your story. But if you tell it in a way that has clarity and means something to somebody else, then it can apply to their story."
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"The world my children are growing up in is so much more sophisticated and exposed - emotionally, intellectually, sexually."
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"I know how it feels to go into a studio to start a record, and eight weeks later it's finished. I know how an intense schedule feels."
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"I had the great advantage of a mother who used to tell me the most beautiful years of a woman's life are ages 35 to 45."
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"I started my teenage years singing in churches across America, and finally wound up on a big stage."
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"I think the first time you try anything in a public way, you feel really exposed."
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"To me, it's all about the song. Songs are what make me excited. You hear a great song and you want to record it or get a great idea and you want to write it."
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"When I was younger, I just thought that my plans were probably going to be more exciting than my parents' plans or the establishment. I sort of got by on being a little bit of a rebel."
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"I just think people should find the music that helps them through the day and enjoy that. I've never felt like, if somebody does or doesn't like what I'm doing, it's a morality issue"
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"Giving never happens by accident. It's always intentional."
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"To me, the real thrill is in making the music, and then I just trust it to find its own audience, and at times it's big and at times it's small, but that's beyond my control."
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