At 15, I knew someone whose mother cooked macrobiotic, so I persuaded my mother to go macrobiotic with me.

I'm a daughter of a minister and I love chasing the Dark. That which is hidden. I like licking it like ice cream

Some of the most wonderful people are the ones who don't fit into boxes.

My mother says I was two-and-a-half when I started playing. My father was a minister, and when he went to church in the morning, she would put on Fats Waller, Billie Holiday, Nat King Cole and Cole Porter records. I'd crawl up on the piano stool, sit on a phone book and play.

The truth lies in between the 1st and the 40th drink

Her cover version of Smells Like Teen Spirit is the reason Kurt killed himself.

Musically, I always allow myself to jump off of cliffs. At least that's what it feels like to me. Whether that's what it actually sounds like might depend on what the listener brings to the songs.