I'm competitive, so I don't like to feel marginalized by the people who sell a lot of records.

The other day I was reading a blog and I linked over to Streisand's Web site, and it was amazing politically. She's so insightful and incisive. And she also says whatever she wants.

I just want to make music and make a living. I just have to find the means of doing that.

I'm very cerebral. I like to think things through.

I was trying to break out of the suburbs, and when I did break out, I don't think I took my whole self with me - I think I played a role of being too cool and hip.

I don't like being approached by people who look at me too intensely, who needed something from me that I didn't have. I don't represent anything.

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