I'm kind of honored to be a dragon lady. The dragon is a very powerful, mythical animal.

People are still thinking of solving problems by violence and war, and that has to stop.

I think there is a big difference between the music business and music. And my relationship is to music, not music business. I think the business will keep changing, but music won't. Music will be there.

The nice thing about the gallery shows is that without having to pay any money you can just go and see it.

Women are very intelligent and not appreciated. We try to pretend that we are not clever, and it's such a pity that we can't show how clever we are.

I get very nervous before I get on the stage, but once I'm on the stage, I'm just, you know, me. Nothing hurts me.

When I'm inspired, I jot things down and put them in a pile.