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

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

" 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 an issue. "

" 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 typical structure, not typical sound - you know, really original stuff. "

" Am I coasting on some early success? Yeah. It was a good lucky break for me. But I would rather earn my way back again than simply conform to what people are expecting. "

" Composing gives me a chance to work in multiple dimensions and helps me pare down my melodies into what is essential. Learning new skills has always energized me and scoring has opened up a world of sonic possibilities. "

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

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

" 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. "

" I'm very cerebral. I like to think things through. "

" I don't know why it surprises people that I surprise them. "

" I was raised to be a very intelligent housewife. "

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

" Guys don't really don't wanna hear if it's really smart, and women feel uncomfortable if you reveal stuff they're going to have to remember they did themselves. "

" I love stretching myself musically. "

" 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, then... Everyone gets so upset with me, I can't win. "

" I don't think you can spend too much time as an artist believing what other people think. "

" I am comfortable performing now. I love it! "

" I'm known for being annoyingly gender-focused. It's always been my platform. "

" It makes sense - you wanna gather a lot of people together, and Vegas really does that well. New York can, but you know the hassles. I've lived there. It's an entirely different beast. "

" I just want to make music and make a living. I just have to find the means of doing that. "

" Picture being forced to talk endlessly about your feelings and listen and care when what you needed was just to get something done. "

" I was trying to break out of the suburbs, and when I did break out, I don't think I took my whole self with me - I think I played a role of being too cool and hip. "

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

" Women's bodies are used to sell anything and everything because it works, it grabs people's attention, and advertisers aren't going to stop using something that works. "

" You know, you become an artist, you become an observer, of life, and you digest life by making art about it. "

" It was a source of shame for my family that I was in rock and roll, which is so blue-collar. It just isn't done. And I felt it, too. "

" I prance around and dance by myself to hip-hop songs in the mirror. "

" I ended up becoming so self-conscious that my songs stopped being about my life and started being about what people thought of my music. And that was really bad. "

" I blend my green drink every morning. I also fix my son a full-on American breakfast with bacon and toast. "

" The other day I was reading a blog and I linked over to Streisand's Web site, and it was amazing politically. She's so insightful and incisive. And she also says whatever she wants. "