It was a source of shame for my family that I was in rock and roll, which is so blue-collar. It just isn't done. And I felt it, too.

The license said you had to stick around until I was dead, but if you're tired of looking at my face I guess I already am.

When you love what you do, you're happy just doing it.

That's what music is to me. Like, stuff that I really like to play loud. And I've got my quiet CDs, too, that I listen to around the house, but if you can't go there, then... Everyone gets so upset with me, I can't win

Women artists need to break barriers in order for women's experience to be valuable.

The big news already broke. The file-sharing and all that stuff, it's a done deal. And I think figuring out how to make that a fair exchange for the people that make music is still an issue

I blend my green drink every morning. I also fix my son a full-on American breakfast with bacon and toast.