Why would you choose being bitter over choosing to make music? Being bitter is gross. It doesn't amount to anything.
I've always heard music in my head since I was a little kid, so I've always played towards that. If I felt bad, that's what I did.
Ultimately, words are only words, and its only the music that stands by itself.
So the thing is to put out music for music's sake.
Music is the only thing I've ever known that doesn't have any rules at all.
Music's supposed to be real. When it really touches you, it's supposed to be real.
When you expect anything from music, you expect too much.
People think that when they're playing it safe, they're trying to preserve what they have, but there is no preservation of what you have in music. There's no safety in music.
When I do uptempo songs, I like to bring in the funk and world music and different elements.
When I first started making music, I didn't really know what I was doing. I just wanted to write songs. I didn't have a concept. I didn't think it through. I was just flailing around doing what comes naturally. It took me a really long time to step b...
The whole thing about rock music, pop music, is it's really for kids.
I can't believe I got a major-label record deal. My music was quirky, and my voice was so odd and high and girlish, it was like a weird novelty act.
I make music and I can't stop. It's a compulsion and an obsession and a curse.
I think the reason I've been able to keep making music is because I'm not married, I don't have kids.
Music is so hard. It's a struggle to get people to care. It's hard to make an impact in today's world because people aren't buying records anymore.
What does it mean to a person whose identity is very wrapped up in the music she makes, if her worth is measured by how many records she sells?
I've always wanted to sing country music.
I definitely listened to country music. I don't think I listened to hair bands as much as I did Bruce Springsteen and U2 and Aerosmith.
I certainly know that on our first tour of America in 1968, David Crosby came to see us backstage at the Fillmore East in New York, and I was very pleased to meet him from Buffalo Springfield and that kind of stuff. He didn't ask me anything about th...
I began the process of recording myself seriously in the fall of 1999. If I could finish an album of my own music, I would. Five years later I am happy to say I have.
There is a lot of work just in terms of traveling and logistics and people and gear and all that kind of stuff. But I never really have problems playing music. That never seems like work.
