There's a side of me that identifies with Aileen Wuornos.

I don't listen to much rap, really. I can rarely listen to a whole record of it, because musically, it's very formulaic, and oftentimes it doesn't have the best hooks on every track. I like my music to be very musical.

Music can make the cerebral accessible, the subconscious hummable. It communicates our shared needs and desires as sentient beings better than any other medium.

I do think there's a great deal of politics mixed in rap. Their reference to the real world is much better than most, particularly a lot of women who seem like all they do is sing about love. Love is such a fleeting emotion. It's such a small part of the things you do in your life. I don't understand why that's all they concentrate on, except that that's what they're encouraged to do, because if you keep thinking about love, you'll be less of a challenge. I like that about rap. It's got power to it.

I think people at most record labels really like music, but it's hard because everything is so subjective, and everyone's so creative in their own right.

I kind of go for the MGM version of every musical style.

In the hierarchy of instruments, if you're a harpist, you're considered someone with a brain much more than if you're a singer.