To do it nationally or internationally, you have to follow a few more rules..

I'm beginning to think I have two years encountering sexism without really realising it..

My brother and I were meditating before we were 6 years old, having to stare at the wall and chant..

My parents didn't treat me as if there was anything in the world I couldn't do, except be unkind..

No drug is a cure, though. Drugs are just big pieces of tape they stick over warning lights..

If you're the band leader you ask more of yourself than anyone else, so they tend to raise the bar for me..

Popular music sucks so bad right now..

I've always chosen my band members based on their sense of humor. It might sound stupid, but it means not only are they fun to live with on a tour bu….

The songs keep on writing themselves, and I really love them. It's as close as I get to a religion..

I grew up in a commune where no one considered me female, particularly..

Before you can make good music, you just have to shut up. Then the music can say what it has to say..

I don't like the idea of famous people..

I don't mind what the market is, but why is it vapid? If they're such a bunch of idiots, why don't you show them good music instead? They're not goin….

I felt like it was a great secret when I found out that I could be in my 30s..

Now I know I'll never be numb again. A mother is condemned to feel everything forever. And I'm finally afraid, condemned to fear everything forever. ….

Good taste - that's all you really need when you're playing an instrument..

I have to play as much of the game as I allow myself to get the music heard. But it's not unlike the rest of the world, so I'm not as up in arms abou….

We need a day of the dead. That's a perfect celebration..

You have to follow every melodic line, every emotional idea, or you don't get your money's worth..

I don't like what the radio plays for the most part..

That's my dream job, to be able to mail songs out to people who want to hear them. Paste my face on them and not travel all over the world trying to ….