I'm a fixer, unfortunately. I'm like, 'Oh, I can fix you.' But it's not just guys I'm dating anymore. It's this entire legion of young girls who tell me they need me to maintain any sort of sanity or peace.

You can expect nothing in being a musician, and you have to be just very thankful every time it goes positively for you.

My mom is awesome. She's really young. My mom is 40, and she raised me listening to Nirvana and Courtney Love and Coldplay, Gin Blossoms, The Cranberries, and stuff. Like, my early, early memories are of being a little kid running around in floral skirts and Doc Martens when I was, like, three.

My mom has every issue of 'Billboard' I've ever been in.

A guitar can be so human, so sorrowful, so angry, and I wanted to figure out how to achieve that vibe without having to actually use guitars, because 'Badlands' is a very futuristic record - and making it that in an era of futuristic music is a really hard thing to do!

It's hard because I think I fall into this in-between space where there's something that's innately feminine about me, and there's also something that's kind of androgynous. I carry myself somewhere in between, and I think my music lends itself to that as well.

Beauty and brains, pleasure and usability - they should go hand in hand.

I've been looking at the iPod- the Apple iPod. One of the interesting things about the iPod, one of the things that people love most about it is not the technology; it's the box it comes in.

So what does a good teacher do? Create tension - but just the right amount.

We expert teachers know that motivation and emotional impact are what matter.

And to get real work experience, you need a job, and most jobs will require you to have had either real work experience or a graduate degree.

Also note that invariably when we design something that can be used by those with disabilities, we often make it better for everyone.

In my opinion, no single design is apt to be optimal for everyone.

Everyday people are not very good designers.

Readers always seem to think that the author has some control over the design of their books.

It is relatively easy to design for the perfect cases, when everything goes right, or when all the information required is available in proper format.

I prefer design by experts - by people who know what they are doing.

User-centered design means working with your users all throughout the project.

There's a certain beauty and majesty to Wimbledon. The elegance, the way the grass looks on TV.

I like John McCain, or he seems like a cool guy in a lot of ways. I don't agree with a lot of his policies, but he still seems like a cool guy.

You hit a wall at some stage when you don't want it so bad, but you don't know when that's going to be - as far as competition or as far as health is concerned. Sometimes it's just natural. You just taste it, and you want it so bad that you find other gears.

I was a different kind of player as a kid and didn't do too much shouting and screaming. If things didn't go my way, I tended to get a bit overwhelmed. All I wanted to do was cry on my mom's shoulder. I didn't know how to handle defeat in front of a crowd, and I didn't want to be the loser.

The important thing is to learn a lesson every time you lose. Life is a learning process and you have to try to learn what's best for you. Let me tell you, life is not fun when you're banging your head against a brick wall all the time.

I don't think enough players channel the energy of the crowd. If it's done properly, and you don't let anger overwhelm and distract you, it's like a shot of adrenaline in the arm, and it gets the crowd pumped up.

As I got older and started moving up the ranking, the matches got more important, and my emotions ratcheted up. I guess I hid my real feelings behind the anger.

I'll let the racket do the talking.

We should reach out to people to try to go after the fans the way other sports do. Because we can't just depend on the fact that it is a great game.

Tennis was a white, upper-class sport, and I wanted it to be treated like other sports were.

Enhancing a woman's silhouette and enhancing a woman's beauty - both contribute to enhancing her confidence, so they're synonymous, really.

Everyone has this perception that the bloggers, they say horrible things about you and they hide behind their computers where you can't see them.

I believe in stopping work and eating lunch.

Peruvian food is so simple yet amazingly flavored with their traditional spices.

Nothing will teach you more about perceived value than taking something with literally no value and selling it in the auction format. It teaches you the beauty and power of presentation, and how you can make magic out of nothing.

The time making money should be greater than the time that you are spending money.

Work hard, no matter how much recognition you get.

As a visual person, I love a creative resume. Putting in a little effort on the design side will show that you care about making things look good.

A mourning dove's beauty is an understated one: the colors of its feathers ranging through various shades of gray and drab violet, often with a striking splash of turquoise around the eyes.

Without strenuous preplanning, road food is almost always bad food, sad food, chain food, clown food.

Driving a race car isn't too far a cry from driving any other sports car, but driving one through Africa in the middle of the night offers a wide scree of new sensations.

Laughter and joy are part of the beauty of life.

She gave up beauty in her tender youth, gave all her hope and joy and pleasant ways; she covered up her eyes lest they should gaze on vanity, and chose the bitter truth.

For there is no friend like a sister in calm or stormy weather; To cheer one on the tedious way, to fetch one if one goes astray, to lift one if one totters down, to strengthen whilst one stands.

My heart is like a singing bird.

Better by far you should forget and smile that you should remember and be sad.

Love shall be our token; love be yours and love be mine.

Can anything be sadder than work left unfinished? Yes, work never begun.

Obedience is the fruit of faith.

Celibacy is not just a matter of not having sex. It is a way of admiring a person for their humanity, maybe even for their beauty.

Sexiness wears thin after a while and beauty fades, but to be married to a man who makes you laugh every day, ah, now that's a real treat.

Every man who has shown the world the way to beauty, to true culture, has been a rebel, a 'universal' without patriotism, without home, who has found his people everywhere.