Inventors often don't know how to pitch their ideas. So many people in Silicon Valley want to hear you say 'disruptive,' and tote a 'platform.' They repeat buzzwords over and over, and I think it...

We all liked Elektra because it was a boutique label. 'Oh, my God, we can be on the same label as Paul Butterfield!'

I never judge my song titles; I just spit them out.

In the studio, if things go wrong, you stop things and fix them. I have never been in a recording studio, really, where the people in the booth were not interested in making a very good album. It's...

Many ask me why I work with debutants, but I always tell them that there's space for every one in the industry, and if my music helps him, then I'm glad to be of some help. I will never say no to...

In my heart, I want to believe I shouldn't give up anything to become a huge pop star.

I mean, I don't even think of myself as a musician, really.

We had to struggle for what we've learned, but we're so thankful.

There's definitely been times where there's stuff that I have not been comfortable with, and I've had to put my foot down.

When I started recording, I thought I'd be able to do all kinds of records: jazz, country, dance - and I've always wanted to do a gospel album.

I used to carry Everlast's duffle bag with all his North Faces in it. I used to clean his Ewings with a toothbrush before he hit the stage and I used to wash his Celtic's jersey. Basically, I rolled...

I actually have been really influenced by dance music.

Music is a gestalt. Songs are a life force and they have specific vocabulary to them. You hear a few notes, and they take you into a world of association.

Mozart often wrote to his family that certain variations or sections of pieces were so successful that they had to be encored immediately, even without waiting for the entire piece to end.

And this whole period of time of gradually working at being a better guitar player and songwriter have gradually led me to the point where I feel I'm doing a clearer representation of the thing that...

I think the thing that L.A. had on Sydney is an awesome music scene, especially for what I do.

I can only do music if I can do it the way I can do it.

'Xen,' to me, was a necessary excursion inward, into myself. 'Mutant' is a response to it and is more extroverted.

I think it's really important that you are the face of our song. Because if you look at it, independent space is all about shaping our brand, and the kind of song we do. So you do things that are...

When I first started getting into the business, a young woman in a music game that was mostly men, I did feel inadequate.

I'm a very vicious critic of myself.

Fergie brought her own style. She is a fashion icon, but she's lovable and approachable.

'Presence of God' is really that understanding that sometimes when you step out of your own shoes and just open your ears and listen to what's going on around you, you get answers to the questions you...

You know Bad News, 'The Young Ones?' I learned not to spend a lot of money on a sixth member.

I have crushes on women all the time. I don't have intimate relationships with them, but I find women beautiful.

The craziest thing I've done is cut my hair blonde and short a couple of years ago. And people reached out to me saying, 'Celine, you're one of the most stable things we have in our lives, don't do...

It really is, to see that this kind of music is still so popular.

There are people who are surprised at my politics and being a conservative and the rest of it. But the truth of the matter is, to my knowledge, I have never been overlooked or turned down for anything...

When I'm making the music, I feel like everything I throw out has to work. It counts. Because if you don't have people turning they neck all the way around to see what it is, it ain't stick on the...

I used to call Kanye, Kanye pick up on the first ring, now Kanye don't even got no phone, that's how much times have changed.