A lot of my past is gone from my mind.

Once I picked up an electric guitar, I lost interest in piano, and I just wanted to rock. I studied piano for so long, I got burned out on it.

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

I'm totally committed to the cause of individuality. That's the only thing I stand by: independence.

As long as there are religions, there are going to be people who are hiding their rottenness behind the veil of religion.

Everything's been a struggle for me.

I could make a whole album with no one else involved at all. It would be a total, unadulterated expression of myself. Because whenever you have others playing on a project, their influence becomes a part of it.