I have a very steadfast tendency to parent myself, to monitor my development into the person I want to be. I've tried to keep the corruption minimal.

I would really like to go back to school. I would love it now.

My problem was that I felt ashamed of feeling sad or angry. Now, I don't hide my vulnerability in my lyrics. There's no way I was going to get raped and not get something out of it. I learned about power and hope and forgiveness. I like who I am now and I wouldn't be who I am if that hadn't happened.

I used to love to make things - you couldn't drag me away for dinner because I was always writing a story or something.

My derring-do allows me to dance the rigadoon around you but by the time I'm close to you I lose my desideratum.

I want to be able to do whatever I feel like doing and not worry about anything. Even when I was a kid, the only contemporary artist I listened to was Cyndi Lauper.

I've never been to the websites. It's a lot healthier for me to keep out of the conversations about me.