I want to be like the patron saint of reality.
I wanted to write a happy song. I didn't know how.
I was so self-critical. I still am, but it's not as bad anymore.
I would really like to go back to school. I would love it now.
I'm incredibly impressed by people who organize to achieve a goal, and believe that they can make a difference and then go ahead and do just that. I think it's incredible.
I'm not a control freak.
I'm not used to not having enough time to live with the songs. Usually, if I write something, I live with it for a little while.
I've gone through stages where I hate my body so much that I won't even wear shorts and a bra in my house because if I pass a mirror, that's the end of my day.
When you're surrounded by all these people, it can be even lonelier than when you're by yourself. You can be in a huge crowd, but if you don't feel like you can trust anybody or talk to anybody, you feel like you're really alone.
For a while after the rape, I was afraid of my own sexuality, because I got raped right about the time when I started developing physically.
I never thought I'd be in a position where people would be talking about my sexuality and saying how good I look in underwear.
Five years from now I'm probably going to look back on the things I'm doing and cringe.
I know what my job is: I write the songs, I sing them, I play them on the piano.
I caved in to what people wanted me to do. I thought that they weren't going to like me if I didn't.
I don't care what people do. I don't care how people remember my albums. I do them for my own reasons.