I'm glad I made a piece of art that can be interpreted so widely. Art is always interpreted subjectively

I like women who can throw a ball and laugh loud and have some spine, and I like men who don't mind cooking dinner.

Welcome to the church of me.

And she is your holy Mary. And I am so ordinary.

I struggled with being in the public eye, losing my anonymity when my star rose quickly in the late 90's. But I need the challenge of showing up and getting up there to spill my guts and connect with my loyal folks.

For me music is a vehicle to bring our pain to the surface, getting it back to that humble and tender spot where, with luck, it can lose its anger and become compassion again.

The river was always there inside of me, but I was very shy. I could see that this was my path. I felt destiny in my own music.