On her new LP, Shatter, Jude Johnstone examines heartbreak and loss with such tender resignation that I wept in acknowledgement of its artful simplicity. A lesson in melodic grace delivered by as fine a singer-songwriter as any I know.

Pain comes like the weather, but joy is a choice.

You learn how to do good work by being honest with yourself.

I figure as an artist the best thing you can do is follow your heart - and if your heart is marketable, then you win.

[My parents] worked hard all week long, and the way they celebrated and rejoiced in life was by making music on weekends. And that music was Country Music.

It evoked Picasso and Miles Davis for me — two great artists who totally indulged themselves in their work and who they were, but they certainly didn't give a damn what other people thought.

A fist in the face is all you deserve from love you've misplaced.