But as a writer and performer, I want to get paid for what I do.

I really, really like writing songs. Capote wrote every day. He said that's the only way, you have to sit down every day and do it...Something that's written out is okay, but it's not always a clear indication of what a person means.

I could be a housewife… I guess I’ve vacuumed a couple of times.

I mean I think that Blondie's influence is a little bit in a way more eclectic than those bands.

I love the ACLU and I'm concerned now, especially when it comes to our rights, with current politics and the religious community and the Conservative majority or minority - I don't know who they are.

I don't really memorize every little thing I have to do because then I start to think about it too much! I like to keep it in the here and now and not what's coming up.

I don't mind if my skull ends up on a shelf as long as it's got my name on it.