I think life on the road really suits very egotistical men. It's set up for kings.

I find beauty in a very independent state. It lives quietly. It's there to be discovered.

Making a Christmas album is looked upon by some people as the thing you do when you are heading towards retirement.

I didn't want to be perceived as a girly girl on stage.

I've never been a social person. When I grew up, the other girls would all be combing their hair and exchanging lipstick, and I just couldn't do that group thing.

The worst thing someone gets is isolated. Isolation is the darkest part of any condition. You can live with almost any condition if you're living within a community of people who can share a common understanding. We create these communities from women who share common conditions, and those mothers carry each other through.

Twerking is not feminism. Thats what I’m referring to. It’s not — it’s not liberating, it’s not empowering. It’s a sexual thing that you’re doing on a stage; it doesn’t empower you. That’s my feeling about it.