The relationship of humans to nature. We are sadly divorced from it.

I just want to make stories. They don't have to have a moral or a reason. There might be some mild cautionary notes, but they're not moral. They don't impart any Judeo-Christian ethic of any kind.

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

Around 2010, I kind of looked up and said, I'm 40 years old. You know, I chose music. I don't have a husband. I don't have any kids. Like, I chose music. So, I had to make a decision. Like, do I want to do something else, or do I want to go from journeyman to master? And I realized, I want to be a really good musician.

I grew up with lots of animals and I related more to them than I did to people. I feel a lot of empathy for them.

If you want to be noticed as a drop of water, why would you move to the ocean?

There's this art form in songwriting that's incredibly difficult - to be really funny in a song and also really touching. I can't do that.