I would say I'd rather dig a ditch, you know, do hard, manual labor than write lyrics.

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

For your kindness, I'm in debt to you. For your selflessness, my admiration.

My mother was a single working mother; she started having children very young. There was a tension inside her about who she wanted to be and what she wanted to do and how she couldn’t achieve the things she wanted to.

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.