We'll love you just the way you are if you're perfect.

I'll be writing songs till I die. There's just no question.

When we [people] are operating from the belief that we're not connected, it feels so dangerous and scary and vulnerable and awful.

I would never judge someone's intrigue with the spoils of fame, because I went through that.

Down the road, I'll probably have a kid or two or three. And there will probably be political events or spiritual things to comment on, and humor.

So many boys, so little time.

What influenced me was Tori Amos, who was unapologetic about expressing anger through music, and Sinead O'Connor. Those two in particular were really moving for me, and very inspiring, before I wrote 'Jagged Little Pill.'