But at the age of 44, I sure hope to be a better businesswoman. I want to get the music straight to my fans..

Welcome to the church of me..

I struggled with being in the public eye, losing my anonymity when my star rose quickly in the late 90's. But I need the challenge of showing up and ….

The older I get, the more I see that there really aren't huge zeniths of happiness or a huge abyss of darkness as much as there used to be. I tend to….

Being a writer is a very private, internal process. Ultimately I am more the writer, being an introvert..

I was curious and hungry at a young age, and jazz was such a mystery to me, an ocean where you can express yourself in the moment. It represented fre….

You make me feel like a candy apple, red and horny..

Far away, to an infinite world I escape. I'm clear and calm, I'm unafraid. Sunless days, in my sheltered milkyway. In Saturn's rings I feel no pain..

For me music is a vehicle to bring our pain to the surface, getting it back to that humble and tender spot where, with luck, it can lose its anger an….

The flower has opened, has been in the sun and is unafraid. I'm taking more chances; I'm bold and proud..

I am not the person who is singing I am the silent one inside. . . . I am not my house, my car, my songs They are only stops along my way. . . ..

The river was always there inside of me, but I was very shy. I could see that this was my path. I felt destiny in my own music..

I'm a songwriter who's put my childhood memories and teenage angst into songs..

I don't like to sit and bask in my own awards. Awards represent artistic death to me..

I'm glad I made a piece of art that can be interpreted so widely. Art is always interpreted subjectively.

I'd love to act. I feel that it's another naked, mysterious challenge, like jazz. It kind of intrigues me in the same way..

I like doing the crossword puzzle in the New York Times, not watching E! on TV..

But looking back, the fact was that I had a couple of big hits too quickly and it was simply too much for an introvert like me to handle..

And she is your holy Mary. And I am so ordinary..

I like women who can throw a ball and laugh loud and have some spine, and I like men who don't mind cooking dinner..

Hitler's brothers are on the rise, they're wearing everyday disguises..