When I was growing up, there were a lot more arts in the public schools. Politically, America has screwed up on that.

I am, to be quite honest, sick of hero stories.

You program music with an image and then people are desensitized.

I lived in Indonesia for four years and I understand trance and magic and where it comes from.

It's people who are repressed and cannot express their fears that are dangerous.

I don't want to sound like a heroic woman or to seem full of myself, but I do have a core of trust that I'll figure things out and find my way. And if whatever I try is not a good experience, even that is a good experience. If something turns out lousy, it's interesting.

My God, it transformed me. My life changed.