I love being a very personal singer-songwriter, but I also like being a scientist or explorer.

Pedaling through the dark currents, I find an accurate copy. A blue print of the pleasure in me.

I want to support young girls who are in their 20s now and tell them: You're not just imagining things. It's tough. Everything that a guy says once, you have to say five times. Girls now are also faced with different problems. I've been guilty of one thing: After being the only girl in bands for 10 years, I learned - the hard way - that if I was going to get my ideas through, I was going to have to pretend that they - men - had the ideas.

I think every year brings unknowns that you have to deal with and handle, confront and embrace.

Singing is like a celebration of oxygen.

It's funny how the hippies and the punks tried to get rid of the conservatives, but they always seem to get the upper hand in the end.

I always wanted to be a farmer. There is a tradition of that in my family.