I would go to radio stations and they were supposed to be interviewing me and playing my record and they would say, We're playing too many women right now, we can't play your record.

Nirvana was pop. You can have distorted guitars and people say it's alternative, but you can't break out of pop music's constructs and still get extensive radio play and media coverage.

The songs keep on writing themselves, and I really love them. It's as close as I get to a religion.

We didn't really swallow much of the Jesus thing, but we got the vocab.

My brother and I were meditating before we were 6 years old, having to stare at the wall and chant.

I felt like it was a great secret when I found out that I could be in my 30s.

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.