I never went to concerts when I was a kid, so I never knew if what I was doing onstage was right.

Onstage, I find absolutely nothing but exhilaration in not talking.

In a strange way, I’m way more comfortable onstage than anywhere else.

I like that because the fans want to see onstage what they know so well from the big screen.

But even so, I still get nervous before I go onstage.

It’s the same thing now. When I go onstage the young people scream and holler as much as the older generation.

I walked onstage in a play at prep school, and with childish naivete, told myself, ‘Wow, I’m an actor!’

When I come onstage, I’m exploding.

I’m my own most merciless critic onstage.

If I was going onstage, of course I would talk about it. How could I not?

When I get onstage in a play, I feel very safe, very protected, very fulfilled.

Once in a while I experience an emotion onstage that is so gut-wrenching, so heart-stopping, that I could weep with gratitude and joy. The feeling catches and magnifies so rapidly that it threatens to engulf...

A woman is like an actress: she’s always onstage.

My solo music – I get up onstage, I improvise and it’s my improvisation. When I get up onstage with Fred Frith and Mike Patton, then we’re improvising together. Then it’s not my music; it’s...