My velvet Elvis means the world to me. Although he may not be worth much dough, he means more to me than some old Rembrandt or Van Gogh.

I did have a child, and I was reading a lot of picture books to her, but at the same time writing a children's book was something that I'd been wanting to do for many years, pretty much since the start of my career.

I'm stranded all alone in the gas station of love, and I have to use the self service pump.

When I go to my live shows it's often a multigenerational audience, a family bonding experience.

I like the guitar-driven music of Nirvana at its peak. At that point, I thought there was a lot of really exciting music coming out.

In the '80s, I was putting out an album virtually every year, I think mostly based on fear - that if I didn't, people would soon forget about me.

There's enough people that do unfunny music. I'll leave the serious stuff to Paris Hilton and Kevin Federline.