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My whole goal is to keep my spirit intact. If that doesn't happen, none of this is worth it.
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I think family mealtime is really important. There's a lot of research that shows kids are going to do better in school and have more self-esteem if you can all sit down and eat together.
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I was raised really poor and so was my husband.
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Writing is a really good first step toward that goal of knowing yourself.
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I developed a loyal following. No one knew I was homeless.
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There are a lot of things about fame that are not conducive to being curious. It's been important for me to cloister myself off.
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I have always been a workaholic.
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I love playing big rooms. There's nothing like it. It's a power trip.
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The things you fear are undefeatable, not by their nature, but by your approach.
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I would always encourage people of any age not to be so quick to follow other people's truths but to search and follow your own moral code and live by your own integrity, and mostly just be brave.
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I'm fairly specific about what I like to wear and looks are important to me, just like they are to everybody.
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I have this theory- that if we're told we're bad, then that's the only ideal we'll ever have.
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I was Renee Zellweger's fat doppelganger. If she ever played in a movie where she needed to be fat, apparently I could be her stunt double.
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I find you get out of people what you put into them.
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I'm the classic absent-minded professor: I'm very focused on something, and meanwhile, I've left the refrigerator door open for hours.
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I love touring - I don't do it as often as I should.
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You have a different crowd every night, so you should do a different show to suit them. I tailor the show to their mood.
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Records have never really been my strong suit. I've always been a much better live act. I didn't understand the language of the studio. You sing differently in a studio. The language, the craft - it's just a whole different deal. I avoided the problem on my first record by doing a live album.
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I would love to write more children's books. There is such a high standard out there for children's books; there are really amazing writers. It is a fantastic creative outlet and such an amazing teaching tool. The thing I love about kids, too, is it is so imaginative and poetic.
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Most of us don't spend any time knowing ourselves. We just keep reacting.
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Forgiveness is the needle that knows how to mend.
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I'm trying to be in the moment and really enjoy my pregnancy. I feel really lucky.
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I wrote the song 'Angels Standing By'... to try and soothe myself - rock myself to sleep, basically - because I was so scared and stressed.
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Hard times make you bitter or make you more compassionate.