I was worried that I didn't have as many Facebook 'likes' as another musician. You can almost feel like a failure if you aren't building your fame in that way.

I didn't want make art about the internet at all. It's a really hard subject to take on and I did not set out to do that. But, it was real and it was what was happening.

I like messing up the song, doing some improvisation. And I like running around the room with the mic.

I love karaoke; you have to wail when you do karaoke.

Back in the day, no one had digital cameras. They took these pictures of me, got them developed, and then mailed them to me.

It was really bizarre for me to go from being a very private and obscure person and then to be in any way on the internet - like having my picture or videos online.

What would I reclaim America as? I do want it to be a diverse country.

Writing music is always really helpful for me. It always reveals to me how I am feeling.

When I like a musician I want to see a picture or a video of them.

I'd been used to this idea of destructive performance art instead of a slick, good-sounding show. So, I became frustrated as I felt I'd been doing the shows wrong. That sucked.

Maybe some people are better off in obscurity than trying to keep on expanding.

Learn from your experiences and past mistakes, assimilate them and convert them to formulas to achieve sustenance first, and then work your way to success to be the leaders in the market.

But I know newspapers. They have the first amendment and they can tell any lie knowing it's a lie and they're protected if the person's famous or it's a company.

Thanksgiving was nothing more than a pilgrim-created obstacle in the way of Christmas; a dead bird in the street that forced a brief detour.

She realized that this scarred, sarcastic boy, was gentle with the things he loved.

I don't want to raise a child by myself. I could do it. But I definitely don't want to. I want to be a mother who has the original father there.

I will not lie to you. These false attacks are absolutely hurtful.

He will regard his people's cry, the widow's tear, the orphan's moan.

A hero is someone we can admire without apology.

Our understanding is correlative to our perception.

Stronger women build stronger nations.