Paula Cole Quotes
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Being a writer is a very private, internal process. Ultimately I am more the writer, being an introvert.
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The flower has opened, has been in the sun and is unafraid. I'm taking more chances; I'm bold and proud.
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So I'm writing more highly personalized and intellectual music, and I think that's good. It might take longer to find me, but I think that niche is perhaps underserved, so I'm going to serve that.
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I like women who can throw a ball and laugh loud and have some spine, and I like men who don't mind cooking dinner.
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I'm accepting I'm not living that younger, dreamed version of myself in the big city.
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Feminists were psyched that I had armpit hair.
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I think it's important to find the little things in everyday life that make you happy.
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Didgeridoo was something I picked up while I was on tour in Australia with Peter Gabriel in '93. I found out later that it's only meant to be played by men.
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But looking back, the fact was that I had a couple of big hits too quickly and it was simply too much for an introvert like me to handle.
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For me music is a vehicle to bring our pain to the surface, getting it back to that humble and tender spot where, with luck, it can lose its anger and become compassion again.
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I find that the older I get, the more I see that there really aren't huge zeniths of happiness or a huge abyss of darkness as much as there used to be.