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The Whole Idea Of Emotions Being Something We Can't Escape As Humans, But That Deep Suffering That Comes From Resisting Them, We Can Move Out Of That Just By Not Resisting Anymore. But It Takes A Really Brave Warrior Soul To Sit There In These Emotions That Admittedly Don't Feel Good In The Body.

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The Whole Idea Of Emotions Being Something We Can't Escape As Humans, But That Deep Suffering That Comes From Resisting Them, We Can Move Out Of That Just By Not Resisting Anymore. But It Takes A Really Brave Warrior Soul To Sit There In These Emotions That Admittedly Don't Feel Good In The Body.

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Making A Difference

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Looking For Approval Or Blaming Others Or Feeling Like A Victim. Whenever I Feel Myself Doing That I Try To Stop And See Myself As Someone Who's A Creator In More Ways Than Just What The Word Typically Means.

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Romantic Relationship

I Do Feel Blessed To Be In The Public Eye So I Can Share What I Believe. But I Think It Would Be Extremely Disappointing If I Were To Count On It To Provide Happiness. I've Come To Realize That Any Time I Do That, The Fulfillment Is Short-lived At Best.

I Hope That There Is A Very Confused 14 Year Old Girl Out There Who Hears Me Speak Or Hears Me Sing And Derives Some Sort Of Strength From That I Heard That When I Was 14 That's Exactly What Happened.

Running Has Made Being Depressed Impossible. If I'm Going Through Something Emotional And Just Go Outside For A Run, You Can Rest Assured I'll Come Back With Clarity.

Writing A Song Doesn't Heal Things. Even If The Song Comes Up With A Solution, It's Still Only A Theory. Going Out And Living My Lyrics Is A Whole Other Deal. That Takes Courage.

I Would Never Judge Someone's Intrigue With The Spoils Of Fame, Because I Went Through That.

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.

In The Past, I Had Workaholic Issues.

The Ego Is A Fascinating Monster.

I See The Whole Concept Of Generation X Implies That Everyone Has Lost Hope.

I Started Playing Piano When I Was 6. And I Knew That Wanted To Be Involved In That Form Of Expression, Whether It Was Through Music, Or Acting, Or Dancing, Or Painting, Or Writing.

I Need To Be Performing. I Need To Be Acting. I Need To Be Designing A Condo And Ripping Down Walls And Buying New Plates And Looking At Fashion Magazines. There Always Has To Be Some Movement In The Artistic Department For Me To Not Get Really, Really Low.

Partnership Is The Way. Dictatorial Win-lose Is So Old-school.

In A Perfect World, There Would Be No Censorship, Because There Would Be No Judgement.

I Want To Walk Through Life.

I Love The Universality Of Music And How It Can Viscerally Connect People From Culture To Culture, Regardless Of Anything. It Kind Of Levels Everything Out And Connects Us. That Universal Sound Thing Is A Big Deal To Me.

The Person Who Knows How Will Always Have A Job. The Person Who Knows Why Will Always Be His Boss.

I Was Always Such A People-watcher. I Would Sit On Street Corners Alone And Watch People And Make Up Stories About Them In My Head. Then, All Of A Sudden, I Was The One Being Watched.

It's Exciting For People To Define Who They Are In Relation To What I Write - Whether It Be By Loving Or Hating It.

What Influenced Me Was Tori Amos, Who Was Unapologetic About Expressing Anger Through Music, And Sinead O'connor. Those Two In Particular Were Really Moving For Me, And Very Inspiring, Before I Wrote 'jagged Little Pill.'

My Own Approach Has Always Been To Push Intense Emotions Down And Attempt To Deal With Them Later.

Intense Emotions

I Think Some Fans Want Everything To Stay They Same Because They Want To Stay The Same.

When Someone Has A Very Urgent Response, I Think It Just Means That It's Triggering Something In Them That They May Not Necessarily Want To Think Or Talk About - Which I See As A Positive Thing.

I Know That I'm Deeply, Spiritually, Profoundly Philosophical And I Also Know That I'm About The Flakiest Person You're Gonna Meet.

I Sabotage Myself For Fear Of What My Bigness Could Do.

Low Self Esteem

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