I think masturbating is a really important function in art. People don't like to hear that kind of stuff, but it's true.

I think it's good for people to see the positive beauty that can flower from the deepest grieving.

Everybody's got to reclaim these thingspoetry, rock'n'roll, political activismand it's got to be done over and over again. It's like eating: you can't say,'Oh, I ate yesterday'.You have to eat again.

Sometimes you write passages that don't need to be rewritten. Performance is that for me. Improvisation, things that happen in the moment, are sometimes wonderful, or wonderful as a moment to be shared between performer and people, but that's it. There might be a strong bond between you and the people, a transformative night, but as a live record it might not translate.

I know from an early age that I'm very comfortable in front of people. When I was a young girl, I'd love giving book reports.

Punk rock is just another word for freedom.

The only parts I like out of any of those women books is the dirty parts. But I don't think their dirty parts are any good, really.