That's an amazing moment, the first time you hear yourself on radio. It's still thrilling..

I bought all my friends guitars and I had a good time with my money. But then one day the IRS came knocking..

I know just enough Japanese to get by if I get lost and greet an audience properly, just from having a lot of Japanese friends and being there over t….

There will always be those people who are just backward and ignorant. There will always be those people. They need somebody to feel superior to..

The money when you're having a hit is great, but money can be taken from you. What can't be taken from you is the talent and the effect your work has..

I think one of the reasons musicians keep doing what they do and writers keep doing what they do, is that we're totally unsuited for anything else. A….

My parents both were doing the Civil Rights Movement, were very involved with the civil rights to Congress. And my friends' parents were as well..

I played for anybody and everybody from the time I started playing guitar, when I was 10 or 11..

I was one of I think three white girls in my school. So, I was very much an outsider. And plus I was Jewish and all of my friends were black and Bapt….

I want to do some fiction writing, I've had some pretty good luck with short stories, I'd like to do a couple of larger things..

Going off the road just leaves me more time to be a writer..

Some people would rather stay ignorant and self-satisfied..

Libraries are a hallmark of a civilized culture, and librarians represent that culture to all facets of society..

It's neat to have finally reached a point where I can accept what I was and what I am..

At the end of the day, if you don't have a record contract, a studio or a guitar, you can still write songs. You're still an artist. That's something….

Dreams were all they gave for free to ugly duckling girls like me..

Truth is not the enemy and whatever does not kill us, sets us free..

Did you have an awesome time? Did you drink awesome shooters, listen to awesome music, and then just sit around and soak up each others awesomeness?.

I gave guitar lessons. I tried to join bands. My mom always said it was obvious that nothing was going to stop me..

I love seeing teachers outside of school. It's like seeing a dog walk on its hind legs..

The best thing you can learn from the worst times of your life is that it always gets better. It may take a month, a year, a decade, but it will get ….