I was eleven and I wanted to play it because it was in my blood. It was a feeling I couldn't deny

Stiletto, I look at it more as an attitude as opposed to a high-heeled shoe.

But duets are a lot of fun, I'd love to do another one

It's nice when they say I inspire them, it inspires me

I have no skanky guys in my band nor on my bus. If they are they get the boot real quick

You're stuck in front of the microphone. You can't use your hands. I like to do things

I think it gets boring (for the audience) for the lead singer to have a guitar hanging on them all the time

It's better for me to play with guys because Rock 'n' Roll has such an aggressive attitude

We don't have a lot of neighbors so we can blast the stereo

We've got horse property and there's other stuff to do. Like, four wheel driving, we barbeque, drink beers, sit around and play guitars and have a merry 'ol time

Being a female hard rocker and guitar player, I felt the need to put out a memoir. Almost like a rock 'n' roll women manual for women.

Losing your job releases you from the control of the world system

Each way of being is more valued in the presence of the other. This balance between making camp and following the seasons is both very ancient and very new. We all need both.

Whenever man comes up with a better mousetrap, nature immediately comes up with a better mouse.

I saw a point that shone with light so keen, the eye that sees it cannot bear its blazing; the star that is for us the smallest one would seem a moon if placed beside this point.

It's a very strange silence that I'm living in right now. It's a silence that has a lot of activity and noise in it from a zone that I don't live in on this earth.

There are the holding actions, the changing actions, and the vision of the future - what we want to see happen for the Earth. All are essential.

Photography is choosing where to point your eye-cone.

Time and time again we forget all too easily that nonviolent action embraces a wide and imaginative range of behavior which can always be stepped up.

I can't say L'Etranger influenced me to write, but for the first time I considered the possibility of telling a story that resembled my own experiences in my own voice.

Of any activity you do, ask yourself: If I were the last person on earth, would I still do it?