Just like my father, I've always loved education. In school I was a member of the honor society.

If I hear a record once, I usually never listen to it again. I rarely listen to music - unless it's Billie Holiday.

I must have got my detailed, obsessive streak from my father, who was an English teacher, because my mother wasn't like me at all.

Oh God, don't envy me, I have my own pains.

The audience is the barometer of the truth.

And remember, this was a president (George W. Bush) who was selected by the Supreme Court rather than the people.

It always gave me the creeps when I saw performers who desperately wanted the audience to like them. That's not what I'm about.