What bothers me is when music becomes entertainment. Of course, music is supposed to be entertaining, but go back to any period of time - music had a cultural significance on different levels, whether it was folk music, it was the news of the village, or it had to do with the rites of passage.

My view of the world is always tempered by the fact that there are people who are less fortunate than I am.

We're the worst band in America... That makes us the best.

Gish was the best representation of where we were at the time.

When alternative music - which is supposed to be the standard-bearer of where white rock is headed - becomes either too cute or too manufactured, that's just really not good.

I have a hard time thinking of men trying to sing my songs, because I think my perspective is definitely feminine.

My mother and I parting company at four years old is a recurring theme; although it's not symbolically necessarily present, it's present in all my relationships.