Sometimes if you jump into something too quickly, you can screw up something that might have been good two years down the road.

A tree reaches below the surface to gather strength for stargazing.

I don't listen to music for fun. I ain't got enough time for fun! I'm always busy writing my own music. I don't try to compete or see what other people are doing.

Mine is a jealous heart, imagines things that never are.

I just don't have time to get old!

[On growing up in a large family with little money:] ... to take a bath ... we just had a pan of water and we'd wash down as far as possible, and we'd wash up as far as possible. Then, when somebody'd clear the room, we'd wash possible.

I'm a singer, a writer and an actress - when I find something that I feel good enough about doing.