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

As a citizen of the great city of Chicago, I find it impossible to root against the White Sox. The White Sox organization has been much more consistent, in my lifetime at least, at putting a winning ballclub on the field.

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

Your basic person wants to talk about material culture, internet culture. I think about God, cats, nature.

As a healthy person, my breakfasts are very bland and boring. Think kind of a white pasty gruel. Or there can be an occasional banana over the top.

I reached a point in my life where I felt like I was living through some old character.

I'm definitely responsible for coming in with some basic chord changes, or ideas. Everybody in the band looks to me to come up with the basic seed, so it's not very productive to come in with nothing.