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

I walked away from going to church when I was 8. I didn't set foot in another church until I was 28.

I've been too productive for too long, and despite what anybody wants to strip away from me, I am influential. I am.

About six months ago, I listened to Siamese Dream. That was the first time I'd ever really heard my own album, because I had separated from the experience of making the record. And it really moved me. It made me cry, it's so beautiful.

Rock & roll is not about what you play, it's about how you play it.

I use music as some kind of weird salvation to get away from life

To be able to put your arms around 24 years of music, it's really fun.