I took it to heart that in order to be a good person; you never said anything mean about anybody.Collection: Heart
You're so vain. I bet you think this song is about you.Collection: Song
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.Collection: Years
Worrying too much about other people's ears and not my own, I lost my way.Collection: Worrying Too Much
You know, when I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1997 I realized I had spent too long arranging my attitude.Collection: Attitude
We change our opinions of ourselves so often. What the outside world thinks is only a small part of our image.Collection: Thinking
I've always thought of myself as being a warrior. When you actually have a battle, it's better than when you don't know who to fight.Collection: Cancer
It's like The Mold in Dr. Florey's Coat, about the discovery of penicillin. Out of these strange accidents come huge discoveries. A certain purple bleeds into red and all of a sudden you have something unexpected.Collection: Purple
I grew up not understanding what was true and what was not true. It gave me a sense of unreality. I was told that this man [mom's lover] was not my mother's lover - when he was. I was told he was there as a male babysitter for my brother so that he would learn sports and other manly things.Collection: Sports
The advancements that women have made are very threatening to men in the job place. There haven't been that many women in politics. If you look at the conventions, it's kind of pathetic how many men are the heads of companies. On the other hand, I'm not sure what the reality should be.Collection: Jobs
So many artists who came out during that time, including myself, were able to get on radio. New forms of singer-songwriters developed out of that.Collection: Artist
I used the physical scar of my breast cancer operation, the scar that I have across my chest as a metaphor for all kinds of scars.Collection: Cancer
Undoubtedly, Patsy Cline was a trailblazer and in that respect, all women who are singular in a man's field have a special power.Collection: Men
But I'm lost when it comes to you.Collection: Love
I'm a little old-fashioned - I like it when the man opens the door and I like it when a man pays for me. I particularly like it when they pay for dinner or whatever, because I've pretty much done the opposite, but for the exception of James [Taylor], where we split everything down the middle. I've been the larger money earner in practically all of my relationships. There's equality and there are positive differences, which are complimentary.Collection: Men