Americans have decided to be stupid and shallow since 1980.

I always thought the women of song don't get along, and I don't know why that is.

Heart and humor and humility, he said will lighten up your heavy load.

My style of songwriting is influenced by cinema. I'm a frustrated filmmaker. A fan once said to me, 'Girl, you make me see pictures in my head!' and I took that as a great compliment. That's exactly my intention.

I assume there must be some kind of genetic thrust. My two grandmothers were very different, but both of them were frustrated musicians.

My individual, psychological descent coincided, ironically, with my ascent into the public eye.

You win the lasting laurels with your laughter.