The Bible tries to make humans not animals the whole time. I think it's a bit of a mistake.

I'm too small for the universe to revolve around me. It is a huge relief!

The only ones that stand out to me are people like Jonathan Richman or Robyn Hitchcock, who can make you totally cry while their music is so funny and they're hilarious. They know they're great but they also don't think they're better than you and they really invite you into their show.

I didn't want to be the girl who posed in 'Playboy' and then - by the way - made some music.

I try to think of the songs as little movies. They're always pretty visual to me. I can always sort of see them. I don't always know what the end result is going to be, and I don't know exactly what it's going to sound like, but I can kinda see them.

I should have been an abortion. The only reason I wasn't was that my father was a Christian.

A live show is one of the last holdouts of a thing that makes you feel a part of a community, where you'll go and maybe meet your future wife or boyfriend, or you're taking your sister to her first show. These are the things that you remember later in your life.