“With my quick success, I didn't have time to learn the ropes of the mu...” — Phoebe Snow Quote

With my quick success, I didn't have time to learn the ropes of the music business. Because my first record was such a hit, I was terribly spoiled and I thought I couldn't do anything wrong. I was also desperate to make tons of money because of my responsibility to my daughter. And there was no longer any joy in making music.

I know there's a consciousness energy that operates completely independent of the physical body you inhabit, that maintains... awareness after the body's gone.

The first album was a very successful record. It made me very visible and it's an immediate association, but I don't do that anymore. Now I'm true to myself as an artist again. I'm more vocally oriented.

There were times when I had maybe a couple of hundred dollars, and times I made myself think I was on top of the world.

People get upset when I say most of the time serials are for those who are desperate for work.

Desperate times make for desperate songs.

I got to that desperate place where nobody could help me but God.

There's always somebody older, richer, more desperate than you.

When I started on 'The West Wing,' that was at a time when this was still a stigma, because movie stars didn't do TV. Now, every movie star is desperate to find their 'True Detective.'