To whom do I owe the first apology? No one's been crueler than I've been to me.

Most of the songs are, in a roundabout way, actually addressed to myself, there's a certain aspect of the songs that's very confessional, very unadulterated...It was a very unfettered, spiritual experience.

Once I know who I'm not, then I'll know who I am.

I want to walk through life instead of being dragged through it.

It's a joke to think that anyone is one thing. We're all such complex creatures. But if I'm going to be a poster child for anything, anger's a gorgeous emotion. It gets a bad rap, but it can make great changes happen.

I was born in '74, so I missed out on all the great early '60s and early '70s.

I highly recommend getting older! There's less tendency to people-please.