Be true to yourself, and, um, don't worry about some large companies' quarterly profit index.

I don't want to live in a culture of despair. I'd like to live in a culture of hope.

I was shy. Bookish. The kind of 13-year-old girl who, instead of having a boyfriend, would have a crush on a dead, 19th-century author!

I've never sold my publishing. I have 100% control of all of my publishing and that includes everything, every use of my songs.

When I originally wrote "Jealousy," it was more like an exercise to try to write a girl-group kind of pop song. It was really contrary to most of the material I'd ever written. I didn't pay much attention to the song after I'd recorded it. I didn't really perform it at all the last 20 years. When it came time to make the new record, I decided to make peace with the song and have fun with it.

It's funny, I remember doing the Johnny Carson show, and, uh, I couldn't afford my rent.

I would never do a printed memoir. I've been asked to publish a memoir from years by different publishers and literary agents. I think it wouldn't be great for me because all I'd really want to talk about it music and I'd rather just play it.