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My parents offered me the idea of ceilinglessness. There was no limit in terms of what was possible; no messages sent to me to say that I couldn't do anything.

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I understand that people are afraid. Because I think censorship is about fear. It's just fear being projected onto art.

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I happen to be lucky in that I knew what I wanted to do as far as a career since I was nine years old.

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I have as much rage as you have, I have as much pain as you do, I've lived as much hell as you have, and I've kept mine bubbling under for you.

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When I was producing on my own, I was doing it in order to - in a very patriarchal entertainment industry, let alone planet - very much hell-bent on trying to prove to myself, if nothing else, that I could do it as a woman.

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What makes me feel alive is community, connectedness. Certainly family, parenting, relationships, friendship. All the way into colleague relationships and relationship with spirit, relationship with one's own self and inner child, and animals, earth, planet. Fostering and nurturing and really focusing on connection - connection in relationship with other and my own self and God. When I don't feel connected in all those three areas, life is not very good.

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Being a sensitive empath is a beautiful thing as an artist, and it fosters a deep burning curiosity about why we do the things we do.

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There is consequence of our forgetting who we are. Forgetting that we're able to create our environment, from our health to economy to war. Something can be done about everything we perceive as bad, if we so choose. If we are aware of the concept of compassion.

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I'm clearly most well known for my music. Eventually, ultimately, I'll be writing books. I'm still writing articles now. I just consider myself a writer.

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To lie to yourself, and thereby to everyone else.

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I'm a leave-the-bathroom-door-open nudist, which is sometimes disconcerting for my friends.

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I love songs that are very autobiographical.

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A brave action is often followed by grief. Do not let my resistance to grief stop the brave action.

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I live with some of my best friends from high school, very commune-like, in my house. It's my hippie way of life.

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I think it's irresponsible when celebrities imply they're doing it all themselves. My son has aunties and uncles around all the time, and my husband is my hero. He's really full-on. I couldn't do it any other way.

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I grew up in a very masculine environment. So I was around a lot of men, my brothers and their friends. There was just a lot of guys around.

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I see my body as an instrument, rather than an ornament.

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I'll be writing records until I'm dead, whether people like it or not!

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the truth of who we are is innate goodness, and the whole journey is really about removing any obstacle or false belief that keeps us from knowing that

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I would not have discredited every one of their compliments. It was your approval I wanted, your congratulations.

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