Just imagine how boring life would be if we were all the same. My idea of a perfect world is one in which we really appreciated each other's differences: Short, tall; Democrat, Republican; black, white; gay, straight-a world in which all of us are equal, but definitely not the same.

I am also very proud to be a liberal. Why is that so terrible these days? The liberals were liberatorsthey fought slavery, fought for women to have the right to vote, fought against Hitler, Stalin, fought to end segregation, fought to end apartheid. Liberals put an end to child labor and they gave us the five day work week! What's to be ashamed of?

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

You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it.

I hated singing. I wanted to be an actress. But I don't think I'd have made it any other way.

I've been called many names like perfectionist, difficult and obsessive. I think it takes obsession, takes searching for the details for any artist to be good.

Men are allowed to have passion and commitment for their work... a woman is allowed that feeling for a man, but not her work.