I love being in a band.

I was really inspired while I was pregnant and I wrote a whole album for my baby. I wanted to write a kids album that didn't annoy parents. I used The Beatles 'Rocky Raccoon' as sort of a starting place for my writing.

My second record I used a producer, which was frustrating in a way, because I think a lot of the punky spirit and provocative nature of the lyrics didn't come across - the music was pretty.

I was raised really poor and so was my husband.

There are a lot of things about fame that are not conducive to being curious. It's been important for me to cloister myself off.

I grew up doing live tours and playing in bars, so it was what I love to do.

I don't exist without writing.

I want my whole life to be a great work of art, not just my art. And that means paying attention to my entire life and trying to make sure my whole life is balanced.

I was homeless and I was in San Diego and I started singing in a local coffee shop and people started coming to hear me sing.

My husband and I have kept a good balance between the work and the rest. I feel so lucky having a job, and I know so may people who focus too much on work, and their home lives suffer.

I guess I'm a Gemini through and through, but I'm mercurial. I get bored doing the same things.

Writing is a really good first step toward that goal of knowing yourself.

Being part of the natural world reminds me that innocence isn't ever lost completely; we just need to maintain our goodness to regain it.

We must all work together to end youth homelessness in America.

I've been performing on stage since I was six years old.

I don't see the world unless I see it in ink.

I wrote the song 'Angels Standing By'... to try and soothe myself - rock myself to sleep, basically - because I was so scared and stressed.

Without a band, I'm much more free to improvise.

I get bored very easily. I have a voracious appetite and I do not feel alive if I'm repeating something I'm good at. So I'm always looking for new challenges.

I'm somebody who, as a child, had a lot of insecurity about stable housing, where I was going to be living, if I was going to have a roof over my head, all those types of things. And I know the impact it can have on you psychologically and emotionally.

I didn't mean to be a songwriter; I just was writing for fun, you have all day to do it. I was homeless so that's all I had to do.

I developed a loyal following. No one knew I was homeless.

Some of my favorite poets had a tremendous sense of whimsy, so it's a writing style I guess I admire.

So what are we given? We're also given, my generation, the disillusionment of our parents.