I want to break the old paradigm of thinking that if you're successful, you have to crash and burn-that all of this won't be there tomorrow.

I don't mean that to be egotistical, but I'm not writing fluff. I'm not writing for 8-year-olds. I'm a woman and I'm a rock girl.

I think we're heading into the Creative Age. We've passed through the Agricultural and then the Industrial and then the Information Age.

I grabbed my drummer's cymbal in my teeth just as he crashed down on it with his sticks-I blacked out. I was a punk in those days. It was in Seattle. I still have all my teeth too, it's amazing.

I first met Hanson over in Japan and they gave me some great advice about the fans and they seem real down to earth. They're great.

My favorite color is purple. I have a huge velvet purple comforter on my bed.

The Eagles, let's face it, they were a pretty cool group, Fleetwood Mac, Blondie. I had this really eclectic background in music.