The Music Has To Be Affordable. It's

Songwriting Ability Is A Gift. After A While, You Come To Realize, "i've Really Been Blessed. I Can Write These Things And It Makes Me Happy, And It Makes Millions Of People Happy." It's An Obligation, It's Bigger Than You. It's The Only True Magic I Know. It's Not Pulling A Rabbit Out Of A Hat; It's Real. It's Your Soul Floating Out To Theirs.

It Just Seems To Useless To Have To Work So Hard, And Nothing Ever Really Seem To Come From It.

She Grew Up Hard And She Grew Up Fast, In The Age Of Television.

God, It's So Painful When Something That's So Close Is Still So Far Out Of Reach.

I Don't Believe In Censorship, But I Do Believe That An Artist Has To Take Some Moral Responsibility For What He Or She Is Putting Out There. And I Think A Lot Of These Young Kids Are Going To Have To Learn The Hard Way Before They Realize That You Can Actually Do Some Damage If You're Being Careless Or Frivolous In What You're Saying.