The stronger I am in my personal life, the more energy I have to look outward, to address my society.

Emptiness has its solace in that there's nothing left to take.

People who are just starting out are always sort of coming to me for advice as the example of "independent girl," and lots of people ask, well, how did you get the booking agent or the national distribution or the tours? And I look at them like, "Good lord! Relax!" I mean, how I did it was to not care about it and to not even think about it for years and years. All I thought about was getting the next little gig in the little bar, and I get this sense that people want me to give them the secret formula or the magic trick to make it all happen.

You are so lame. You always disappoint me. It's kind of like our running joke but it's really not funny and I just want you to live up to the image of you I create.

First decide what you got to do, then go out and do it. All we can do is to see each other through it.

Virtue is relative at best, there's nothing worse than a sunset when your driving due West.

We get a little further from perfection each year. I think that's called character. I think that's just how it goes.