There are definitely some stories worth telling and I think there's something to be said for telling your story.

In theater and dance, I was trying to win someone's approval, trying to get in, trying to be good. It felt out of my control, whereas music suddenly felt like this free expression. It was fun.

You realize you can get good at something, even though ballet almost felt like you could never be good enough. No matter how hard you worked, it was so hard to be a great dancer.

I've had a lot of fun watching my husband's wonderful career as a filmmaker unfold and all the interesting places we've been and people we've met. It's just been a really enjoyable ride.

I think the culture today is very, very different from what it was in the '60s, and I feel lucky that I grew up at a time when I had these very strong female role models.

I like singing in harmony - I like not having to sing every song.

There are different chemistries you can have in different bands, and part of that's caused by the gender.

Oh, well, I'd like to have commercial success. I guess.

I don't read music, which is a shame, actually, and I shouldn't even speak of it because it's embarrassing, but it's true.

I went to UC Berkeley for college, and it was during the period when the whole punk movement was happening.

Most places we leave in childhood grow less, not more, fancy.

The myth is strong, because the need is strong.

We cannot live side by side with obviously distressed people unless they are to blame and we are innocent. Nothing inside them or the way they live can be allowed to disturb our lives.

I was a complete tomboy. I loved wandering out in storms or walking on the beaches in the dark. It was a very free upbringing, and I'm grateful to my parents for that.

For me, losing a tennis match isn't failure, it's research.

Warning: fortune cookies don't care what happens to you.

Good health is multifaceted - it's physical, it's internal, it's my diet, and my emotional state. It's all tied in together.

If you are aware, you speak with awareness. But the awareness comes from the inward being. It flows from the inner being towards others.

Michael Fassbender is a very masculine person. But he has a fragility that allows him to have a relationship with an audience that has no barrier.

I am in no sense of the word a great artist, not even a great animator; I have always had men working for me whose skills were greater than my own. I am an idea man.