I'm not going to do the Ben Harper house record or the Ben Harper drum 'n' bass record.
Well, it takes all kinds to make a mess.
Girls are like pianos. When they're not upright, they're grand.
Fred Willard still makes me laugh.
I'm country to the bone.
I was a black singer with a white voice, a perfect pop voice.
I feel Motown really exploited me.
I'm not done yet making people miserable. If they're going to make me miserable, then I'm going to make them miserable.
CNN is a more diverse brand. It's spread out over more products over there.
When I wrote the song, The Way It Is, I wanted to move people to take a stand on civil rights in this country.
And though thou hadst small Latin, and less Greek.
This is the very womb and bed of enormity.
My songs are like my kids.
I started an all-girl punk band when I was 14, and I was the drummer, not the singer.
I come from a young, hip-hop, urban world.
I'm a parrot. I can pick up an accent and just do it.
I dropped out of college when I was 18 to be in a band.
Records... a record just shouldn't be that important.
We've recorded over our voices once and double the harmonies, make them thick. The Four Freshmen do that.
I think I developed language skills to deal with threat. It's the girl thing to do-you know, instead of pulling out a gun.
Listen: our culture is saturated with irony whether we know it or not.
