I don't mind a dirty girl. But what I find tragic is when we, as women, become not the subject of our own story but someone else's object.

I can see how the young girls really get hurt when their moms are critical, or vice versa when they're overly critical of their moms. It can be so painful.

I'm too young for a man, but I'm too old for a boy. So, can't we just pretend, that I'm older than I really am, but then, only little girls pretend.

Adolescence is that time when I think, it can be- it's the cruelest place on Earth. It can really be heartless.

I felt sidelined by the industry, by the preoccupation with finding something newer, younger.

I was fascinated to think about a place where men could be the mothers and I thought of my own song-writing and I decided to have a relationship with their daughters.

There are quite a few very funny people in my life. You know those people who don't mean to be funny, they just come out with these zingers that just make you howl with laughter. Usually you find these people in the road crew. A good crew is a key to a healthy funny bone.