One thing that Barack Obama promised, one thing that we all know we must do is evolve our industry and our technology to being green and sustainable. We need to move away from fossil fuels and nuclear power, both of which I think spell doom for human society.

They see me as a symbol, and not a human being. That way they can kill me, say it’s not murder it’s a metaphor.

When everything else seems unclear, at least I'll know I do it for the joy it brings.

I make such a good statistic, somebody should study me now; somebody's gotta be interested in how I feel, just cause I'm here, and I'm real.

I don't hate being compared with female musicians. I don't mind that at all. I have no problem with seeing connections between women's work.

I had a little bit of resistance to the idea of taking energy away from my work, and the baby comes along and, lo and behold, that's exactly what happens.

I just hope it was okay, I know it wasn't perfect, I hope in the end we can laugh and say it was all worth it.