I was fascinated to think about a place where men could be the mothers and I thought of my own song-writing and I decided to have a relationship with their daughters.

For the most part, pianos are female to me. Sometimes they're dykes, and they're always good fun.

Women must understand that simply attacking or hating men is just another form of disempowerment. A woman has to realize that when she makes a man crawl it doesn't give her power.

Guys would sleep with a bicycle if it had the right color lip gloss on. They have no shame. They're like bull elks in a field.

Healing takes courage, and we all have courage, even if we have to dig a little to find it.

Some of the most wonderful people are the ones who don't fit into boxes.

We are all fairies living underneath a leaf of a lily pad.

It's emotional blackmail to say if you're a good businesswoman and a musician, you're betraying your music.

People think I'm nuts because I can sit in a room and be happy by myself.

The sense of loss is such a tricky one, because we always feel like our worth is tied up into stuff that we have, not that our worth can grow with things we are willing to lose.

Some people hide more than others, and it does intrigue me.

I'm an open book in a closed room.

Shoo. Away with you. It's my fault for expecting the extraordinary from the ordinary.

The ability to be emotive comes from within...it's innate".

Humor is a way to deal with stresses. It is a way to cope.

Old age is not an illness, it is a timeless ascent. As power diminishes, we grow toward the light.

I'd rather enjoy the money, and then be buried, offering my body back to the flora and fauna of which I have dined my whole life.

When you're passionate about your work, it feels like you would do it even if no one were paying you.

I'm fitter than I've ever been, I'm actually very, very healthy and I'm happy.

Deftly they opened the brain of a child, and it was full of flying dreams.

Full fathom five thy father lies