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.

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.

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

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.

Many physicists these days sound like the Delphic oracle - with equations.

More than power is respect. Fortunate are those who command it.

Like Jonah, you may lose your gourd, but you cannot lose your God.

Joan Mitchell, Joan Baez, Judy Collins - that was my mom's era.

Honesty is often very hard. The truth is often painful. But the freedom it can bring is worth the trying.

You can't change yesterdays, but you can change tomorrows.

My head hurts, my feet stink, and I don't love Jesus. It's that kind of morning.

I promise you, I will have something on the Internet that is game-changing. I can't lose.

It was a terrible decision, and I confess I'd make it again.

How useful are documentary photographs if there is no follow up, no way of knowing what happened next in the story?