Love Expands

You know, when I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1997 I realized I had spent too long arranging my attitude.

He was a first-time nonviolent possible offender, … And under the mandatory minimums, he was put in prison for 15 years. Not only does the punishment not fit the crime, but the mandatory minimums don’t give judges any discretion to look at the background of the case, to read into the specifics of the case. I don’t know a judge who really is in favor of the mandatory minimums.

One of the things that has always motivated me to write is the desire to get it out and look at it in an objective way, so that it doesn’t cause me any serious pain by staying inside.

I remember being onstage once when I didn’t have fear: I got so scared I didn’t have fear that it brought on an anxiety attack.

Well, I make every song I sing personal. I’ve never chosen a song that wasn’t.

You’re so vain. I bet you think this song is about you.

I’m still more comfortable with standards than with my own songs.

I had a mastectomy in 1998, and then chemo.

You don’t have to prove to me you’re beautiful to strangers, I’ve got loving eyes of my own.

The sound of birds stops the noise in my mind.

I’ve gone through the village of my songwriting and my artistry, and I’ve gone through lots of different phases, including one where it has been very quiet and abandoned me for a few years.

I’ve learned that nobody’s perfect, and I don’t expect myself to be perfect anymore.