"For me songwriting is very...it's almost like an accident. 'Oh I accidentally wrote about that.' I sit down with the urge to write a song and then afterward it turns out being really personal. I get really overwhelmed by how I feel a lot and sometimes - I feel like my body and my brain can't deal with all the different emotions and I feel like I'm just going to explode."

-- Jessica Lea Mayfield

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“Life is not what you alone make it. Life is the input of everyone who touched your life and every experience that entered it. We are all part of one another.”
“The Chinese philosopher Chuang-Tzu stated that true empathy requires listening with the whole being: The hearing that is only in the ears is one thing. The hearing of the understanding is another. But the hearing of the spirit is not limited to any one faculty, to the ear, or to the mind. Hence it demands the emptiness of all the faculties. And when the faculties are empty, then the whole being listens. There is then a direct grasp of what is right there before you that can never be heard with the ear or understood with the mind.”
“A perfect poem is impossible. Once it had been written, the world would end. Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.”
“Never give up on your dreams. No matter how many people say itâ€™s impossible, no matter how difficult your journey is, you can create your ideal life. Your heartâ€™s desires can become reality. Make things better now by taking steps every day to get closer to the life you want. And never, ever give up.”

Source : Susane Colasanti (2012). “Keep Holding On”, p.128, Penguin
“Regard mistakes as teachers, not judges!”

Source : Tae Yun Kim (1994). “The Silent Master: Awakening the Power Within”
“Our life is a faint tracing on the surface of mystery, like the idle curved tunnels of leaf miners on the face of a leaf. We must somehow take a wider view, look at the whole landscape, really see it, and describe what's going on here. Then we can at least wail the right question into the swaddling band of darkness, or, if it comes to that, choir the proper praise.”
“Shame is very painful to endure. For me it makes perfect sense that the character would kill herself.”

Source : Source: www.indiewire.com
“I've been told the weirdest things: 'Yeah, I love taking a bath to your music!' or 'I gave birth to my daughter while listening to your music.'”

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