Every album is just a greatest hits of whatever songs are on a pile when I go in to make a record.

You are an artist when you make someone feel something deep and unexpected.

I think I've been addicted to openness since long before my rock career. I was terrible as a teenager. I used to go out of my way to make people uncomfortable with personal details. I was always fascinated by the idea that we have these weird, random boundaries between what we do and don't show.

There was a dance that everyone was doing that was heavily skewed with the power in one direction, but the dance was basically working, and then the dance got really disrupted with the first wave of feminism, and nobody found their footing yet - not the guys, not the women.

I think a good role model has to be sexy. Real, empowered, self-possessed women are sexy. When you're really in control of your choices, your mood, your body, and your opinions, people find you sexy.

Take on the pain and wear it as a shirt.

For most of human history, musicians, artists, they've been part of the community — connectors and openers, not untouchable stars.