"My message to anyone who's afraid that they can't write music when they're happy is 'Just trust the passion.' The passion can write a lot of things."

"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."

"I thought the more famous I became, the more friendships I would have, but the opposite was true."

"When I was producing on my own, I was doing it in order to - in a very patriarchal entertainment industry, let alone planet - very much hell-bent on trying to prove to myself, if nothing else, that I could do it as a woman."

"But I have a good life. I enjoy what I do. I am married to work."

"Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking about them."

"It is a essential truth that to question with sincerity is the first step toward dismantling dogma."

"Those who 'abjure' violence can do so only because others are committing violence on their behalf."