In the '60s, people were still very protective of each field that they belonged to. Avant-garde artists didn't know about rock or pop or jazz. And the jazz people of course didn't want to know about any other music. They were all just kind of protecting their territory.

you don't need talent to be an artist. 'Artist' is just a frame of mind. Anybody can be an artist, anybody can communicate if they are desperate enough.

Music is like my security blanket. The first medium that I learned was music.

If a woman writes about a domestic situation, everyone automatically assumes that it's about her.

We need to really do something about the world. Otherwise, we're all going to blow up together.

Sometimes the father feels pushed out because of the connection between the mother and the child.

I think people place limitations on each other and on ourselves. There is a great fear of expressing ourselves, of making creativity happen.