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

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

At the age of 15 months my daughter was diagnosed with very bad asthma, and essentially I put my career on hold for a good eight years..

Didgeridoo was something I picked up while I was on tour in Australia with Peter Gabriel in '93. I found out later that it's only meant to be played ….

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

I want to sit with my legs wide open and laugh so loud that the whole damn restaurant turns and looks at me..

I'm accepting I'm not living that younger, dreamed version of myself in the big city..

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

If not for music, I would probably be a very frustrated scientist. It's one way to answer the question, 'What is the meaning of life?' I feel music a….

I see my albums as working diaries, as living scrapbooks of me and my life..

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….

I wanted to be a cheerleader, like my sister was - all the most popular and beautiful girls are cheerleaders and I wanted that, and it demolished thi….

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

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

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….

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..

Welcome to the church of me..

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

I think it's important to find the little things in everyday life that make you happy..

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 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 ….