I've always chosen my band members based on their sense of humor. It might sound stupid, but it means not only are they fun to live with on a tour bus for years, but humor implies intelligence.

If Americans thought music and art belonged together, they wouldn't have the Grammys.

I don't have the inclinations that other people seem to have as far as the business is concerned.

No drug is a cure, though. Drugs are just big pieces of tape they stick over warning lights.

Before you can make good music, you just have to shut up. Then the music can say what it has to say.

I grew up in a commune where no one considered me female, particularly.

I don't mind what the market is, but why is it vapid? If they're such a bunch of idiots, why don't you show them good music instead? They're not going to know the difference.