I love music and musicians. And seeing great artists dropped from labels was really frustrating and sad to me

Look, it's to the point where kids are getting Botox. It's insane. We're not allowed to age

Fortunately, we have a lot of really smart women in the business.

It's not fair that there aren't very many juicy or varied roles for women

It's not fair the emphasis put on beauty, or on sexuality.

In Hollywood there are a lot of very insecure men running the business.

It's so hard to keep everything balanced in life.

Art is such an important part of our culture.

It's unfortunate that music has become such big business.

There will always be some kid who's the new Kurt Cobain writing great lyrics and singing from his soul. The problem is they're not marketing that anymore or putting it out there.

Most men are not that evolved.

To look at the work of your peers, and learn how to explain with kindness and precision, the nature of their mistakes is, in fact, how you learn to diagnose your own work.

Tombstones don´t list jobs, they list relationships-mother, wife, daughter.

Music is my personal addiction. So much of everything I've done has only been to open more doors for the music itself. It all gets back to the fact that I am, first of all, a songwriter and a singer.

Politics is applied biology.

All men are born equal, but some of them outgrow it.

There definitely was a time when I was pretty obsessed with my weight, but I'm better off not stressing about my body all the time.

I think people keep baseballs in their cars, just to be prepared in case they see me. It's cool to get recognized in public; it's an incredible feeling.

I'm not a great lover of Madonna's voice. She's done very well with what she's got, and I'm sure my voice turns her right off, but she's not my favourite singer.

There are two ways of attaining an important end, force and perseverance; the silent power of the latter grows irresistible with time.

Anticipation is anxiety. I have always had a very extreme anxiety thing.