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I tried to be just a singer of standards when I was starting out. And there was nothing special enough about my voice to make it that far. So I feel a bit like Rod Stewart. Once you've had that rock career, people will give you that chance where otherwise they might not.

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I love writing for dancers. You don't have to worry about the lyrics. I think to write words without music must be so frustrating. It must be always be so good, so perfect.

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In New York City, when they develop something, they never use the old buildings. It's so wasteful. Why not use what's there?

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If we went back to the basics of vegetables, legumes, grains - the things closer to the Earth - it's a lot better for the Earth and for other people. We can feed more people, we can feed the starving people.

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It's always so nerve-wracking being up there on stage. It's even harder playing in your hometown - and I have a couple of home towns - but, you're playing for all the people you knew in high school, so it causes no small degree of panic in my mind.

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I'd love to give my music to someone who really likes to wow the crowd. I feel like half the time I just want to hide in the dressing room!

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If you look through the century, certain things have gotten better and certain things have gotten worse. I wouldn't say overall that things have gotten better. I think you could say things have gotten worse, but I don't think you could say that things have gotten better. Overall. You can't say that.

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I guess you deal with what you get.

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There's a side of me that identifies with Aileen Wuornos.

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I think there are nice things about every era. I wish we could just take the nice things.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: April 13th, 1982

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