I just became a singer, because I could never get work as an actress.

I hear these melodies. I hear horn lines and string lines. That's what's fun about recording with an orchestra.

I got sent to a health camp when I was about 6 years old, and we all had to wear the same starchy blue uniform. The lady who took care of me after school knit me a burgundy sweater. It was the only thing that gave me any individuality.

The moral immune system of this country has been weakened and attacked, and the AIDS virus is the perfect metaphor for it. The malignant neglect of the last twelve years has led to breakdown of our country's immune system, environmentally, culturally, politically, spiritually and physically.

Art transcends politics this weekend.

I find George Bush and Dick Cheney frightening, Donald Rumsfeld and John Ashcroft frightening.

I love things that are indescribable, like the taste of an avocado or the smell of a gardenia.