It's striking how commercially viable that impulse for instant intimacy is right now, especially in songs and writing.

I wasn't afraid of going places or doing new things. I would do just about anything or go anywhere. I'd get a notion in my mind and just follow it.

My intellect has always been more responsible than my emotions for how I respond to the world.

I had some fears as a kid, but I was also relatively fearless. Maybe that's a result of living half the time in reality and the other half in fantasy.

I think people are sexy when they have a sense of humor, when they are smart, when they have some sense of style, when they are kind, when they express their own opinions, when they are creative, when they have character.

I still consider myself a feminist.

I still feel conflicted because I don't always get to spend as much time with my daughter as I'd like, given my work.