The most important thing to me as a songwriter is the breath. The most important thing I could say to somebody is, 'Sometimes I just breathe you in.'

So the first job that I got - my father got it for me - he had his clerical collar on, was a gay bar in D.C., it was Mr. Henry's of Georgetown.

I like butter and the people who like butter.

The fact that religion plays such a part in how people vote troubles me, troubles me as a minister's daughter. Because I always felt that the separation of church and state was what our forefathers and foremothers really fought for.

Strange, i thought i knew you well, thought i had read the sky, thought i had seen a change in your eyes.

And is it right, butterfly, they like you better framed and dried?

I've been looking for a savior in these dirty streets, looking for a savior beneath these dirty sheets.