Just trying to get to know what director Bill Condon wanted. He's a great director and knows exactly what he wants. He knew every lyric to every song….

Who cares about the clouds when we're together? Just sing a song and bring the sunny weather..

My first song was about the smog over Dublin in the 1980s, so yeah, I suppose I was always socially conscious. My first song was not a love song, it ….

My mum's family would all get together, with guitars, harmonica, mandolins and upright bass and play old blues and folk songs. That was normal to me..

What you believe one day isn't what you believe the next day and I think every writer secretly believes that they may never be able to do write good ….

I got an email from my dad after the Super Bowl, and he was like, "Will you send me all of the Beyoncé Knowles songs that you have on your computer?"….

I only performed a song so I could not write an essay. I just enjoyed being around bands, and around musicians, and, I didn't want to be the girl who….

Maybe it's because I grew up during the MTV generation, but to me a perfect song is one I can imagine a music video to, a song that can take you into….

Things can change in a day..

I've been writing songs since I was like six or seven. I've been writing poetry and short stories and stuff, but my first serious, serious song, I wr….

I've never had any kind of work ethic. I've never sat down with the intention of writing a song..

Rappers shouldn't have to file taxes because they itemize everything they own in songs..

Writing the songs at the cabin, I couldn't help but be drawn to the boom-chicka rhythms as much as I tried to fight it. But when I fought it, the cre….

My Facebook page confuses a lot of people. I'll post a Beyoncé Knowles song, and, people are like, "What are you doing?! This is bullshit," and I'm l….

When no one's buying your records, it's easy to justify selling a song. But once you start selling records, you can't really justify having two songs….

There is always a mix of apprehension and excitement before you try songs out on a new audience..

Every year we celebrate the holy season of Advent, O God. Every year we pray those beautiful prayers of longing and waiting, and sing those lovely so….

Lonnie says it doesn't take long to write a song if you're stricken with a severe case of the Tennysons. He wasn't necessarily talking about a chart-….

When I write love songs, people think they're really soppy - but I see love as a consolation for the boredom of life..

God knows why - no pun intended - but every time I write a song, I feel a need to touch on religion..

I have no idea how I do anything. I never have. You know I just started playing guitar and started singing and started working on this act that I wou….