The so-called positive press has in some ways been more difficult to swallow than the negative.

I did spend a year in high school being obsessed with Fleetwood Mac.

I wasn't born of a whistle or milked from a thistle at twilight No I was all horns and thorns sprung out fully formed, knock-kneed and upright.

People in San Francisco and the East Bay have shown interest, done interviews, and have come to shows. I guess that the news travels fast out of this island that we are on.

It broke my heart when I learned the moon had been passing the sun’s light off as its own.

Never get so attached to a poem that you forget truth that lacks lyricism.

I would happy for someone to download my music.

What a woman does is open doors. And it is not a question of locking or unlocking.

I am producing sounds that people are not used to hearing from the harp.

Lyrics are very different. There is a clear line between that and a poem. Something that has been a source of great excitement and delight for me is this idea that I get to rhyme.

I wasn't interested in writing music that wasn't beautiful for me to listen to.

The fear of dogs is deep and universal amongst all that are less than Man.

The girl was alluring. Like wildfire, or a summer storm swept off the Gulf of Oro.

Only the wise possess ideas the greater part of mankind are possessed by them.

I want to be in New Zealand SO BADLY. I've dreamt about coming to New Zealand ever since I was a kid.

The world gets very small after a while, if you stick around long enough.

Science and art have in common intense seeing, the wide-eyed observing that generates empirical information.

I have turned into a bit of a homebody as I've gotten older. I don't really like to leave the couch in Los Angeles, but when a job comes around that you feel you have to do, you get up and do it.

Look at you in war...There has never been a just one, never an honorable one, on the part of the instigator of the war.

You're either an Olympian or not in swimming.

I'm completely self-taught. I absolutely don't believe in art or film schools!