Then I read Little Women, and of course, like a lot of really young girls, I was very taken with Jo - Jo being the writer and the misfit.
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- We tried not to age, but time had its rage.
- In art and dream may you proceed with abandon. In life may you proceed with balance and stealth.
- I'm not saying I wasn't flawed or amateurish. But you can never say I did anything to appease the music business.
- I don't think the Palestinian people or Afghan children or some other things I'm concerned about are at the top of other people's agendas - not right now, when America is going through such a recession and people are suffering across the board financially. But I think all that will change.
- I've always looked the same. Since I was a child, I hated having to deal with my hair. I hated having to change my clothes. As a kid, I had a sailor shirt and the same old corduroy pants, and that's what I wanted to wear everyday.