Heaven is what we spend our lives trying to find.

I don't believe in trouble. Because I think that trouble is sometimes good, sometimes bad. I've been known to be called trouble, which I think is quite a compliment. But I suppose, thinking about it, that my best and worst trouble has always had something to do with a man.

I don't read music; I taught myself guitar.

To me songwriting is more like redemption. I can extract the poison or the pollen, the essence from a situation and the rest becomes a husk that blows away.

My manager said the next best inspiration to heartbreak is travel, and it's true.

When I'm on a roll nothing makes me happier or feel more satisfied, like plugging in, life makes sense.

When I first started writing, a friend said I should be careful because I'm letting people know how to reach right in and play with my workings. And they do!