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.

Ten minutes before you go onstage and you begin singing that torchy blues song, you may just be drinking a glass of water and brushing your teeth and doing some deep breathing.

Feminism has nothing to do with partisanship.

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.

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.

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

You don't want to say somebody did a great job of acting. You want to say, "Where did he find that person? How did he get that factory worker to come out of the factory and be on camera?" You want to believe that person is real.