I like mixing or combining hobby and pleasure with work and have-tos.

I let the music set the tone of the lyrics.I allowed myself to write more about relationships and emotions, in a girly way almost.

Democracy, like life, is hard to learn and doesn't have a teacher.

My show is an anti-show and the audience have to want to listen. I'm sitting down, there's only one of me, I don't talk much to the audience and it is very quiet. I wouldn't be able to do that kind of show if people didn't know me and my material.

They really don't know where the future lies. If developers decide to build a high-rise where the McCormick building is, they'd have nowhere to go.

Swords and knives make me feel vulnerable.

Postpartum depression is very, very common but a lot of people just don't recognize that they have it. A lot of physicians also don't ask (patients) about it, so it's a problem from both sides.