I've said this over and over, but I'll say it a million more times - I'm concerned more about the death of a bee than I am about terrorism. Because we're losing hives and bees by the millions because of such strong pesticides.

Good press, bad press, whatever, only means a lot to me if it's writ by somebody I respect, by somebody I like.

My parents were very well read. They were both New Englanders, not highly educated, but they had a sophisticated... they were both very humanistic, and they were sophisticated readers.

I dreamed of having a book of my own, of writing one that I could put on a shelf.

I am not really certain how original my contribution to music is as I am obviously an amateur.

I still don't want to be put in the feminist bag. I'm a humanist.

What a model of an artist was for me was an artist who worked. Picasso was the ultimate model, because the work ethic he had.