I have always abhorred the business end of music.

Each of my records has a different focus, a different theme.

I am pretty detached from the local music crowd though.

There's nothing remotely interesting to me about marketing music as a product.

People are essentially losing their temper for things that have nothing to do with the act of driving.

You can't get away from who you are I guess.

My feeling is that nuclear is a distraction. It stops us doing what we all know we need to do invest urgently in renewables.

To me, all war is failure for humanity, though it often is a bounty for commerce.

They lyrical content has grown more introspective and less abstract. I don't know if that's good or bad... Sometimes it feels a little raw to be putting so much of myself out there.

I probably had the most fun recording For Richer For Poorer in Nashville.

I followed most of the 80's bands into the 90's as most of those folks who hadn't moved away were all still active. However, there was a point when I lost track of the new bands coming up.

Just be yourself, there is no one better.

Let me live my final days whole.Let my memory remain that I might know love's face.Life don't unwrap me to be fed to scavengers.I want to escape into light - not exist in darkness.

As an actress people always tease me like: if there's anything you can do to make yourself unattractive you will do it.

The problem is, we've had three generations of Iranians who have come to really hate the United States. The Persians used to be a pretty strong - my on problem with people who say don't talk to him.

Cinderella? Snow White? What's that? An illness?

No time like the present

The greatest handicap a person has is not realizing his potential.

With my own group I like to keep it loose. They have to counter rather than go with me. When they stop I like to be moving.

There's something incredibly sexy about sand and sweat and dunes photographed like women's backs.

Artists are going to be the metronome of this society.