I knew Queen Elizabeth didn't do any laundry! I knew I wasn't going to be doing laundry. I was going to be singing.

In the darkest place, shed the brightest light.

I've always felt, even as a songwriter, that the rhythm of speech is in itself a language for me.

I'm not gonna worry about what people think about me. I'm too busy. I don't give a hoot.

Goonies are good enough, good enough for me

I always sang. I wanted to be in a band with my sister, and I was, at 11. At 12, I started writing seriously, and that was my pacifier all through high school - that and painting.

Secrets stolen from deep inside....the drum beats out of time