By the time I was about ten, I had started to lose faith with church ways. I was educated in some ways by my high school government and history teachers.

I don't care how somebody gets their education, as long as they have one.

Feminism has nothing to do with partisanship.

Artists are able to do well in the political arena because of fame, if only they can educate themselves.

Things are changing. They need to change more. It should not be of any note that a woman does something, because women do everything.

My daughter could do and be anything, without having to fight to get through the glass ceiling. Without having it be so extraordinary. If my daughter went to produce a soundtrack for a movie, there would be nothing extraordinary about a girl doing it. When I did it, it was highly unusual.

I always sing them as though they are autobiographical, even if they're not, and most of my songs do come from something about me.