David Ortiz is a genius. He's incredible to watch. Over and over, he hits home runs that are simply transcendent.

What happens when your dream comes true - when the spotlight is on and then it moves away?

My guitar playing has not developed as much as I think it could because I never practice. I only play when I'm writing or recording or when I'm playing on tour. When I'm sitting around at home, I never play.

I've always been in this sort of perpetual state of existential longing. I feel like something's missing.

The most rabidly religious people are the most rabidly evil.

Although I'm a huge fan of Ben Kweller, I don't think I'd cover one of his songs, simply because there's just so much of my own stuff I wanna do.

At heart I am a librarian, a bird-watcher, a transcendentalist, a gardener, a spinster, a monk.