As you get older, you have your tribe of women that you grow and age gracefully with and you share wisdom with. That's your clan. That's your family. That's your strength.

Being diagnosed with a possibly life-threatening disease is so jarring and for me to know that God had me in his hands, I never felt alone.

A lot of people seem to get preoccupied with what I'm wearing as opposed to the music.

I hate how I've had the mantle set on my shoulders as being against the record label. We've had some issues, but that is the nature of business.

I don't set goals for myself too much, but I'm always trying to write that one great song.

Every night on the stop global warming college tour, Laurie and I would tell these great young people that they have the power to do anything they want. That we all have the power to create a movement for change. That the best part of ourselves is the part that rises up instinctively from compassion.

I got to learn to surf.