Words matter. These are the best Sophie B. Hawkins Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
Marriage is a walk in the park compared to being a single mother or father. I’ll take that walk later.
I can be completely spontaneous, which is absolutely wonderful. I don’t like it at the same time; no one wants to be nervous all the time, but that nervousness mixes with the excitement I feel on the stage, and it makes for a wonderful performance.
My son has an old mother.
My true friends, and my son, see me with kind eyes. I feel it. So that’s the freedom my children have given me. To be naked in the world with an open heart.
I’m not the kind that could lead the millionaire lifestyle. I’ve got a truck, and I’ve got my bike. I’ve got a lovely Labrador and two kitty-cats. I live very modestly.
By pushing children and wanting quick success, parents are producing followers, not leaders.
I want the Congress that really is going to listen to the people. I really don’t care what party it is anymore.
My songs are always four years ahead of me. They’re like my teachers.
It isn’t hard to be an artist and do your money thing. It’s much harder to wake up in the middle of the night knowing that you’re being ripped off and starting to get this feeling in your stomach almost bordering on bitterness toward people who are saying one thing and doing another.
I was a coat checker, a dishwasher, a waitress, and those were some of the happiest times of my life because I still got to do my writing. You’re lucky when you can work and then do your art.
The Tea Parties are only here because people are not listening.
We’re all struggling to get out of the past. We see something that reminds us of something, and then we bring our baggage into the present. Then we project it onto people constantly.
I grew up listening to Beethoven and old jazz singers like Billie Holiday, Nina Simone and Anita O’Day. But those were, like, the only women I listened to – I hated women pop singers.
I didn’t want to be a performer. I didn’t want to be famous.
I don’t want to date. But I do have dreams about a great love.
I’m always working on a new album because I’m always writing, and I’m always in and out of my home studio.
I used to write songs that were deeply personal, but since I am becoming so passionate about the world around me, that passion and drive is starting to come into my work.
I have to have another child. I have to bring someone into this world that will be here for Dashiell.
Most people depend on a lot of other people.
I am so proud to be partnering with Waterkeepers, who are the voice for the Gulf Coast’s waters.
I was a coat-checker at Orso, and all these wonderful actors were coming in, and it was exciting to me, so I started going to classes, and my excuse was, ‘I’ll be a better songwriter if I can understand how to play a character.’ Well, that couldn’t be farther from the truth.
I remember the first time somebody played me Janis Joplin. My friend Donna put on Janis Joplin, and she said, ‘You’re like her.’ At the time, I wasn’t even a singer; I was a drummer. I just wanted to play the drums.
