And this vague little smile is my all purpose expression the meaning of which I will leave to your discretion.

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

And thoughts of no other man but you could possibly get through the picket lines to enter into my mind.

Love isn't over when the sheets are stained.

Music has as many roles as people make it. I traveled to Burma once years ago to witness the people's struggle for democracy, meet some people and learn some stuff. And I had this incredible experience over and over again in the Burmese jungle or refugee camps or health clinics with very oppressed, very devastated people. I show up, and I'm white and I'm American and I'm privileged and I have an experience that these people can't fathom and vice versa. There was this huge chasm when I met people for all good reasons.

I believe the act of giving birth to be the single most miraculous thing a human being can do and it is surely the moment when a lot of women finally understand the depth of their power. You think it can’t possibly be done, you think you can’t possibly take the pain, and then you do-—and afterward you look at yourself in a whole new way. If you can do that, you can do anything.

The way I play guitar is very, very hard and I bloody myself incredibly without the tape. And the nails are my picks.