Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

When I lived in New York, not only did I have safety locks on the door but I had the music going, keeping the city at a distance, trying to find creative time and peace and so forth.

When I perform, I like to immerse myself in the music, and I just try to get off on the diversity of music.

Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.

I believe music is like medicine. Like a good tonic, it can open your mind, strengthen and possibly even cure you. Music can work on many levels, and nothing I know of possesses the healing force that exists within music.

I play only classical music. My pianos are my only big indulgence, but they're a necessity. When I'm playing the piano is literally the only time I can be completely abstract and disconnected from the regular world and yet be connected - to my music.

City people live the city. We live in L.A., New York, we live in places where it's chaotic and you never know what's gonna happen. And that's the music - you never know what's gonna happen.

The cool thing about music is no one can take music away from you, writing wise.

There's something about music that makes me feel like a different person, that feels like an escape.

I just think people should find the music that helps them through the day and enjoy that. I've never felt like, if somebody does or doesn't like what I'm doing, it's a morality issue.

As a city, Chicago really affords me an environment that I am really happy creating in. It's an easy place to live in a lot of ways; it's a great community to be making music in.

I lose myself in music because I can't be bothered explaining what I feel to anyone else around me.

I've always heard music in my head since I was a little kid, so I've always played towards that. If I felt bad, that's what I did.

When I was living in New York, I tried to make it work for a year, but I didn't really have my own space to be creative. It was really inspiring, but I think that coming to L.A. has allowed me to take a breath.

Everything feels better in London. And if my life feels better, then it's easier to make music.

For me, being in a car listening to music has always been my one spot to think.

Music is a healing tool.

Music has been my way of expressing what I've been feeling.

Ever since I was a little girl music was my escape and it was something that I did and was a huge part of me; aside from what my grades were in school. It was something that was truly mine.

When I go around in Kolkata, I do not get hassled.

Paris has always seemed to me to be the only city in which one can live as one sees fit.

I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity.

I really don't like the city anymore. You get pushed and harassed and people grope you. It's too tumultuous. It's too crazy.

I think I'm getting better at being verbal. I used to have a lot of problems with it. I had my own little demons that I was fighting, and I used the banjo as an escape.

I love the city. I love the energy of New York and what happens here. But I'm very happy I don't live in the city on a daily basis, because I really do spend a great deal of my time, when I'm not on the road, in my studio - everyday, everyday, everyday.

As far as cities, I love London. I go to London very often because I think the young people there are very creative. I also love New York, of course, and the clash of different cultures you find there.