You can't really praise somebody's work and then criticize the process.

Some of their best songs don't have bridges and choruses. So that made me think I should trust my instincts. My songs were okay, I figured. I didn't need to change anything.

I'd rather play a few nights at the Fillmore than play one night at an arena.

I'm pretty much the same person I was 20 years ago. My politics haven't changed. I have the same feeling of idealism. But I am a little bit wiser and more experienced.

Just because I'm talking about something that might have been a sad or painful situation doesn't mean that I'm sad or tortured 24 hours a day any more than anybody else is.

I just broke up with my boyfriend, and I've been spending more time alone than I'd like.

The thing about Alzheimer's is that it's... it's sort of like all these little, small deaths along the way, before they actually physically die.