Womanhood is a whole different thing from girlhood. Girlhood is a gift...Womanhood is a choice.

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.

You'd think that in this age, especially in the 21st century - especially with all the technology and all the discoveries that we've made - that we would figure out how to tackle abuse.

Some of the biggest advocates for feminism seem to believe that in order to feel powerful you have to make another woman subservient, and that is not what feminism is about at all.

Being in your forties - any woman who isn't there yet, I just have to say to you: Euphoria is coming to you.

My father has a pragmatic mind. He marched with Dr King in the 60s, and he's very much for women's rights.

For a song cycle to work, you have to feel these things when you hear them and you either have an emotional reaction to it or you don't. The plotline is something that gets woven together in the backstory.