Music television is all about the media-oriented version of what it is to be a rock star; it's not about what Bob Dylan or Jimi Hendrix were about - which included great images, sure, but they had spiritual and political and revolutionary content, too.

One thing I like about getting older is things, your spectrum widens, your capacity for compassion widens.

I've lost lots of men in my life, besides my mother, which is a whole different loss.

I was quite an insomniac. I rarely slept as a child. Having God to talk to at night was nice.

I don't think anything can prepare you for one's losses.

Life is an adventure of our own design intersected by fate and a series of lucky and unlucky accidents.

I hadn't performed or been in the public eye for about 16 years. When my husband passed away, I was obliged to go back to work to take care of our kids. I also wanted to do a record in memory of him. So we did Gone Again. During that process, I had to be photographed and had to go back to doing articles and interviews.