There’s even more stuff that I’d like to release, but I’m scared to, that’s really, um, nerdy… not nerdy in a good way. Like, silly.

Being commercial is a prerequisite for staying afloat, … I mean, it’s desperate out there and you have to fit in a little, you have to go somewhere.

I’m competitive, so I don’t like to feel marginalized by the people who sell a lot of records.

When I use the Internet, it’s pretty much strictly for music. Checking out other people’s web sites, what’s going on, listening to music. It’s pretty much a musical thing for me.

They’re different, … We record the live shows and it’s very unprofessional at this point — like, sometimes they sound good and sometimes they sound terrible but it’s really fun. It’s like having my own...

I’m really happy to be a mom, and I’m proud of the phase I’m in.

No firm plans, … But we’re all talking about it.

When it’s me in my living room, it’s pretty pure, and then what gets recorded involves more people, and it keeps escalating from there.

That (the ’90s) was a breakout time for women that was special and different, … Now, if you’re soft and sweet you can do well. We’ve kind of lost that sense of a strong, outspoken...

I’m very cerebral. I like to think things through.

I’m very different; that was 12 years ago, … I hate to think it’s like I’m still going around saying f— you.

Women artists need to break barriers in order for women’s experience to be valuable.

I don’t know; it just seemed like the cooler guys are playing Xbox. At least the ones I know.

It seems to me like the Internet allows you to break that structure a little bit. You know, here’s your CD that’s going into stores, here’s your EP that you offer online, here’s a subscription...

Once upon a time I was so restless in love / When things were fine I changed my mind just because / Now I see how wrong and reckless I’ve been / Each frog has...

You’re really creative when you’re in an environment that you don’t know how to handle. So collaborating was like that for me. I think that was one of the reasons why I knew I was...

I can’t say I don’t get nervous, but I really kind of enjoy performing now.

Like, I kind of developed my musical style in a vacuum. Even though I listen to a lot of stuff, the way I wrote was in my bedroom, really privately. It’s still the way I...

When I wrote

I just don’t fit into the box.

My identity has everything to do with me and my instrument. It doesn’t have to do with what production style I use, or how many people played on it, whether it’s sparse or grandiose or...

I looked at his life and walking was a big deal. I suddenly saw how lucky I was. I still grump and grumble, but I’ve really opened up to opening up.

I knew that collaborating on songwriting would be difficult for a lot of people, because I was known very much, for my independence and the fact that I wrote these quirky songs that were not...

No. You know what really bugs me about my videos? When they can’t figure out what to do, they just have me change clothes five times.

Exile on Main Street.

I mean, I kind of remember… I’m 36 now, so it’s kind of hard for me to relate to what it was like when I was 25, or 24, but I do remember a period...

Now, in music, it seems more like the popular crowd suppresses anyone who is different.

Come on, you can tolerate it,

I mean, I think about it, but I don’t design my record to get a certain public response.

That’s what music is to me. Like, stuff that I really like to play loud. And I’ve got my quiet CDs, too, that I listen to around the house, but if you can’t go there,...

He had a big impact in terms of how I perceive myself and my job,

I probably had some impact, because everyone keeps telling me that I did. I like to feel like I’m coming out with something to try to make room for other young women to make their...

The big news already broke. The file-sharing and all that stuff, it’s a done deal. And I think figuring out how to make that a fair exchange for the people that make music is still...

I am a feminist, and I define myself: Be yourself, because if you can get away with it, that is the ultimate feminist act

I think good art happens on that edge between comfortable and in a lot of pain, you know what I mean?