If you listen to the way I speak and watch the way I conduct myself - there's nothing about me that's rock n' roll. It's like, 'Hello, I'm in a rock n' roll band'. 'No, you're a narc.'

It is our destiny to be born beautiful into an ugly age.

I always start tours with a great deal of anticipation.

Every summer, around late July and into August, I find myself in Europe, performing at any festival that will have me.

I cling to my memories of glorious desperation.

Quite often governments are one way and the people are another. You can't judge the many by the actions of a few. What if Americans were all judged by the actions of the Bush administration and people did not know the truth? That America is full of people who are, at present, poorly represented and poorly catered to by the media. All these places I go, people say that America is good and I'm like, "Well, thank you, I'm glad you can see it." And you know - we are good, we've just got work to do.

Michele Bachmann is always a great person to go to for an opinion about anything. She has a very active and interesting mind.