Let's get rid of all the economic (expletive) this country represents! Bring it on, I hope the Muslims win!

I have no sense of patriotism, but I do have a sense of community.

I'm not saying I'd already done anything, actually, but I'd passed my experimental streak.

The only person stopping you from doing something is yourself, and looking for excuses all the time just gets in the way of obtaining your own goals. It's like the writer who keeps getting up and straightening the pictures in the room.

I was a single mom with two kids. What else was I going to do? It was either be in a band or be a waitress.

Songwriting is like working on a jigsaw puzzle, and it doesn't make any sense until you find that last piece. It has to make sense or it doesn't work.

I like Madonna a lot. I think she's really good and I think she's a good singer. I think she looks good and she's got a nice kind of... I don't think she's got a sinister or cynical vibe around her, and I don't think she's got any sort of bullshit around her.