Men are able to sustain a career into their 50s and 60s and still present themselves as sex symbols. With women, on the other hand, people say, 'Why doesn't she retire?'

I don't try to project any image at all, other than the person that I am.

Songwriting is a very mysterious process. It feels like creating something from nothing. It's something I don't feel like I really control.

I end up writing about all kinds of things. I never make an attempt to write about anything in particular. I don't have a little list of topics to write about.

A lot of kids spent more time out of school than in, but I always loved school and thought it was my way out of Cleveland, and out of poverty.

I love living in California and being able to go to the beach or go to the woods.

It's time to start all over/make a new beginning.