"And you have a record company behind it, this is a key too, you need people to fight for your records, at least a little bit. So if you have a great song, it's catchy, and you've got a little bit of help, I think that's all you need. But there hasn't been that in music."

"The media says that equality for women has arrived, but if you look around, you still don't see girls playing guitars and having success with it."

"Well, I'll tell you, I don't know how aware teenagers are of me. I think it really depends on the teenager and how well-versed in music they are and what kind of music they like."

"Women are still second-class citizens."

"We don't walk. We overeat because we've made it easy to overeat. We have fast-food joints on every corner. By the way, the 'we' is all of us. It's not the government. It's all of us doing this together."

"Bad news isn't wine. It doesn't improve with age."

"Scalded cats fear even cold water."

"Stay hungry, stay foolish."