People don't buy records anymore. I don't know how people can support themselves.

At a major label you can start to feel that you're working for them, and that any work you do, you're never going to see any benefit.

Save me from the ranks of the freaks who suspect they can never love anyone.

If your standards are low, you're going to stop pretty early on in the process.

Better take the keys and drive forever. Staying won't put these futures back together. All the perfect drugs and superheroes wouldn't be enough to bring me back to zero.

I certainly understand that we're all trying to make a living, but I'm not thinking about that when I'm making it. And if that's your sole motivation, it's going to reflect that narcissistic greed and you're going to hear it in the music.

I thought everything was interesting. I wanted to go scuba diving and I wanted to learn how to surf. Because I grew up in the 60s girls were not allowed to do anything. As I've gotten older and realized that women can do things like that I thought, 'Why not? Now's the time.'