What do you plan to do with all your freedom?

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.

Life becomes easier and more beautiful when we can see the good in other people.

Acting is a business and a political act and a craft, but I also feel like it's a service - specifically, for a military audience.

There's no guarantee that the United States will be around 200 years from now.

I was very thrilled to witness the workby my ol' buddy Jim Widner whose expertise in the field of jazz education proved invaluable in putting this masterful CD (Yesterdays & Today) together.

Physically, I was always moving. I was always a little jittery.

Every man wants to feel that his woman would love him apart from anything else.

I cannot understand a society that is more afraid of a man in a dress than a man in a soldier’s uniform.

I never let prejudice stop me from what I wanted to do in this life.

I love the woods even more than the ocean.

If you can't laugh at yourself, who can you laugh at?