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

The Beginning of Survival is my best album. I am very proud of it, and I am surprised at it, too. I thought some of Travelogue was a little heavy, but I don't think this is heavy.

But now it's just another show, you leave em laughing when you go. And if you care, don't let them know, don't give yourself away.

How does a person create a song? A lot of it is being open to encounter and to be in touch with the miraculous.

My life came down to being a granny and watching a lot of television.

Nobody understood The Reoccurring Dream, but after September 11, when we were coerced to do a national duty and go out and shop, surely people could begin to see what I was getting at.

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