"Sensitive, humbug. Everybody thinks I'm sensitive. Wait until they hear my new album."
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"I went to the High School for Performing Arts in New York for acting. I've studied it on and off for years and have done some theater and film."
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"I'm a songwriter first...In my career I have never felt that my being a woman was an obstacle or an advantage. I guess I've been oblivious...Sensitive, humbug. Everybody thinks I'm sensitive...There is a downside to having one of the biggest-selling albums ever."
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"You can't talk to a man, with a shotgun in his hand."
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"I think Madonna has a great deal of intelligence and capability. I have a lot of respect for her. She's taken her career and maximized it with intelligence and creativity."
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"You make me feel like a natural man"
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"Now my tapestry's unraveling."
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"I'm a songwriter first."
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"Scary in the idea it could be a little overwhelming to have 70 or 100 clowns in a public space. Intriguing in that it could be something interesting. I'm up for any kind of public art."
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"One of the things that I try to be conscious about in crafting a song is the concept of bringing it home. I like to bring it somewhere familiar, someplace that people feel it's resolved, it's settled."
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"I went to London and performed in Eric Clapton's concert at the Royal Albert Hall. I'll work with him any time he asks me."
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"The downside of videos is that it will put my vision in front of other people, so they might not get the chance to create their own."
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"I'm really getting better at guitar. I'm not trapped behind a piano. You can get out and move with a guitar and still direct the band."
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"Sometimes I get a lyric, and the lyric, you know, comes off the page, and goes into my brain and comes out with a melody. Other times, I may create a melody first."
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"I'd like to know that your love Is love I can be sure of."
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"That's one of the things I love about being a songwriter first, last and always, because whether I do it or not, if someone does a great job on it, my work is done."
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"Now and forever, I'll remember all the promises still unbroken and think about all the words between us that never needed to be spoken."
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"I write heavily under the influence of James Taylor."
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"I used to hate the sound of my voice."
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"It is very common with artists who are of a generation that has already gone by to get overly concerned with, Oh my God I have to sell to the younger generation."
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