The English can be a very critical, unforgiving people, but criticism can be good. And this is a country that loves comedy.

I learned what a lot of women have to do is make the guys in the room think it was their idea, and then you back them up.

National Geographic contacted me about getting on their label, and I was like, 'Wow, I want to be label mates with the sharks and lemurs!'

If you wake up / And the day feels broken / Just lean into the crack

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

There's something about the rhythm of walking, how, after about an hour and a half, the mind and body can't help getting in sync.

When I was 20, political music was the uncoolest thing on earth. But when Bush got elected, that was the first time I started actually reading the news.