It feels like it is a daily work and an ongoing task to undo all of the f - - g programming that I have had all my life about who I am supposed to be….

I make the music that I want to make and make the show that I want to make. If you like it, you come. If you don't like it, you don't have to..

I feel that part of my life's artwork is creatively dealing with all this negativity and anger and rage and hatred coming from whatever corners it's ….

The pattern's laid out on the bed With dozens of colors of thread But you've got the needle I guess that's the point in the end.

I have a handful of really close relationships in my life and I depend on those people heavily to carry me through and to help me stay steady..

I suppose I'm happy to sell my time and energy, but I'm not happy to sell my initial creative time..

Comparing yourself to the people like you, comparing yourself to the people who aren't like you, looking at how many records you've sold, looking at ….

I had a real come-to-Jesus a couple of years ago when I started to see the direct line between feminism and everything else - feminism and climate ch….

Sometimes I have a terrible feeling that I am dying not from the virus, but from being untouchable..

I'm still trying to express my truth, my place in the world, my belief..

On many days, harder than the act of making the art itself is the act of sharing it and living in a culture that you know is built to tear you down..

Every album is just a greatest hits of whatever songs are on a pile when I go in to make a record..

While we're over here blocked up in our departments and locked up in our own judgments and dealing with our own crazy problems, they're over there de….

I draw the line at letting people into my songwriting cave. To me, that's where the alchemy happens and where the mystery is..

I hate being ignored..

I think I can define my entire life, virtuosity and business philosophy down to the core fundamental that I absolutely hate being told what to do. Bu….

There's something advantageous about being a woman in rock versus, say, a woman in chemistry or construction. There's definitely a built-in sexism ac….

Men find powerful women so threatening, and finding a partner was starting to look laughable, because I would be really attracted to guys and they wo….

In both the art and the business worlds, the difference between the amateurs and the professionals is simple: The professionals know they're winging ….

When you really look back and take the wider perspective, it makes total sense that if the status quo is to remain the way it is, women will not be l….

I don't feel at home in New Orleans. I don't feel at home in Austin or L.A. And I just felt immediately at home in northern Australia..