Public radio is the last oasis of free and independent music. For satellite radio channels, you have to subscribe; commercial stations are as corpora….

I have trouble with any kind of focus or concentrating, or getting anything done at all, really..

It was not very hard to do a double album. Nobody thinks it's a good idea if you're an unknown singer-songwriter. But I just kind of feel like if I w….

Love is such a fleeting emotion. It's such a small part of the things you do in your life..

In the hierarchy of instruments, if you're a harpist, you're considered someone with a brain much more than if you're a singer..

There's a side of me that identifies with Aileen Wuornos..

The civilised cultures are the most cruel. It's the same with education - often it breeds sadistic forms of cruelty..

I really don't care what people say. It's amazing that feminism continues to exist at all, considering how much counter-feminism is out there..

I used to play in the subway. If everyone tossed in a quarter, at the end of the day it would add up. It shows you aren't invisible. And it's better ….

I never know how to get off the phone, so I'm terribly admiring of people who can..

What people generally tell you is, "We'll all agree," and then once you sign, they expect to get their own way. I think it was a bit of a surprise th….

Music can make the cerebral accessible, the subconscious hummable. It communicates our shared needs and desires as sentient beings better than any ot….

I think people at most record labels really like music, but it's hard because everything is so subjective, and everyone's so creative in their own ri….

I was in school for jazz voice, which is the dumbest way to spend $35,000 a year. I just felt like a rip-off of good jazz singers. I didn't feel like….

Precocious and eccentric are okay. But I think that people in the arts represent something integral and kind of secretive in everybody else. So the r….

My mom. She really encouraged me. That's the trouble with education: Unless you have a really supportive parent, you get left behind..

In New York City, when they develop something, they never use the old buildings. It's so wasteful. Why not use what's there?.

You know, if I can survive marching band, I can survive anything..

I will say that art may well be the only thing that lasts, so I guess it's worth trying..

I kind of go for the MGM version of every musical style..

You can criticize something you strive for, and you can avoid something you dream about..