I'm not saying I'm some high priestess. I do things, I'm sure, that are damaging, but it's certainly not on purpose.

I try to avoid people's eyes because I don't like to get that intimate with just anybody. i don't need the responsibility.

I didn't belong when I was in high school. Now people are trying to buy lips.

When you have a knowledge of history, it's very soothing. When there's continuity in your life, it's soothing.

I really thought I wanted to be a musical-comedy star, but I lived in Phoenix and didn't want to go all the way to New York and be that far away from home. So I thought maybe I'd be a rock 'n' roll singer or an opera singer.

I tend to go against the grain because when I start to see that everybody's trying to shock, I try not to. I just do stuff that's subtler, more emotional, and I think that shocks people.

You reach a certain point in your 30s when you say things in a much safer way.