Do you force your kids to pay attention to what's going on, or do you let them live their lives outside of it? My hope is that my child is a strong activist. That would make me most proud.

Competition is healthy, if you can turn it off and on. When someone gets too cocky in victory, that can ruin the positive aspect.

Cannot find the comfort in this world.

I wish I was the verb 'to trust' and never let you down.

Music saved me; I mean, my upbringing was like a hurricane, and music was the tree I held onto.

I've had a lot of typewriters that I've had relationships with; one still has a piece of masking tape that says "$8" on it. I love working on them. I can't fix a computer or a car, but I can fix a typewriter. I like them because you can write on them late at night, depending on what you're fortifying yourself with, and the next morning you can still figure what you wrote.

It's fun singing with other people who are really good singers. There's something kind of poignant about braiding a couple vocals.