Well, I make every song I sing personal. I've never chosen a song that wasn't.

One of the things that has always motivated me to write is the desire to get it out and look at it in an objective way, so that it doesn't cause me any serious pain by staying inside.

My father was a classical pianist, and my mother was a singer of just about everything.

You know, when I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1997 I realized I had spent too long arranging my attitude.

All men are created equal and all women are created equal as well, but [equality] seems much clearer when it comes to race issues. In the realms of man/woman, man/man, woman/woman love, it seems all up for grabs now. We are exploring so much, but I think we gotta go for the fight for all equality first.

You usually can't tell what's inspiring until you look back on it.

You're so vain. I bet you think this song is about you.