Singers are experts at keeping things from dripping on their throats. Believe me, they're experts.

The most important person is the audience and the composer. The rest of us - and even the composer is a servant to the audience. And of course, the audience is a servant to the higher art.

I don't use my lips. I use my tongue to make - create the vowels.

Nature finds its peace in silence, forgiveness, and universal love.

Don’t focus on the action, focus on the mentality behind the action. Analyzing the mentality will help us differentiate between a one-time error and a long-term character flaw.

Songwriting and screenwriting aren't that different to me.

Nothing speaks louder or more powerfully than a life of integrity

Happiness is largely an attitude of mind, of viewing life from the right angle.

Every kid Grade 6 and up carries a cellphone - with that they can access the world. They are the most connected, aware generation that's ever existed.

Since I loved underground music, I tried to carve a space for feminism within it. Those were my hopes.

I can think of a number of areas in New York where three acres of nuclear waste would make the neighborhood safer to walk around in than it is now, and better lit.

I hope I never get so hard up I have to do advertisements. I've gotten ridiculous offers.