My torso is short, but my arms are really long and gangly and my legs and my neck, and my feet and hands are really long, and I look like a duck.

I don't have good business sense. You never get much money for the arts. But I like independence. I like to grow.

When I sing I have a lot of visions. Like what's happening now in my life.

I have never been prouder to be a lifelong New Yorker than I am today with the passage of marriage equality.

I've always felt, even as a songwriter, that the rhythm of speech is in itself a language for me.

I never had a rivalry with Madonna. You don't knock another sister, ever. There's room for everybody on this planet; you don't have to be like anyone else.

My music is about a joyful experience. I've learned that if you can affect other people, you should.