"I'm clearly most well known for my music. Eventually, ultimately, I'll be writing books. I'm still writing articles now. I just consider myself a writer."

"For four to six months at a time, I would barely eat. I lived on a diet of Melba toast, carrots, and black coffee."

"Getting married and starting a family has been a lifelong goal and one that I have persevered through different paths up to it!"

"What influenced me was Tori Amos, who was unapologetic about expressing anger through music, and Sinead O'Connor. Those two in particular were really moving for me, and very inspiring, before I wrote 'Jagged Little Pill.'"

"The thing that lies at the foundation of positive change, the way I see it, is service to a fellow human being."

"The roots of genuine insight grow deep in the soil of quiet observation. In this truth lies the bedrock of all virtue."

"The tapestry of existence shows us that every challenge is an invitation to grow stronger."

"When it comes to meat, change is almost always cast as an absolute. You are a vegetarian or you are not."