“As a teen, I was both anorexic and bulimic.”
Teen“I live with some of my best friends from high school, very commune-like, in my house. It's my hippie way of life.”
Best“As a teen, I was both anorexic and bulimic.”
Teen“I could get away with not taking care of myself as a bachelorette but as a mom I can't.”
Mom“I think it's child abuse to have someone in the public eye too young. Society basically values wealth and fame and power at the cost of well-being. In the case of a child, it's at the cost of someone's natural development. It's already hard enough to develop.”
Power“In LA, where I live, it's all about perfectionism. Beauty is now defined by your bones sticking out of your decolletage. For that to be the standard is really perilous for women.”
Beauty“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.”
Music“For four to six months at a time, I would barely eat. I lived on a diet of Melba toast, carrots, and black coffee.”
Diet“When someone says that I'm angry it's actually a compliment. I have not always been direct with my anger in my relationships, which is part of why I'd write about it in my songs because I had such fear around expressing anger as a woman.”
Anger“Beauty is now defined by your bones sticking out of your decolletage. For that to be the standard is really perilous for women.”
Beauty“What's that line from TS Eliot? To arrive at the place where you started, but to know it for the first time. I'm able to write about a breakup from a different place. Same brokenness. Same rock-bottom. But a little more informed, now I'm older. Thank God for growing up.”
Movingon“Down the road, I'll probably have a kid or two or three. And there will probably be political events or spiritual things to comment on, and humor.”
Humor“My three addictions of choice are food, love and work.”
Food“Making a movie requires 20 to 500 people to make and a lot of money and the stakes are a lot higher.”
Money“I was always such a people-watcher. I would sit on street corners alone and watch people and make up stories about them in my head. Then, all of a sudden, I was the one being watched.”
Alone“Peace of mind for five minutes, that's what I crave.”
Peace“I'm excited about there being more of a sisterhood these days. Back in the '90s there was a lot of hate - the women I looked up to as artists were dissing me! It's not so patriarchal these days - there's more love and a lot less hate!”
Women“I still indulge in a glass of wine or chocolate - treats are mandatory. Without deviating from the day-to-day healthy diet once in a while, it wouldn't be sustainable for me, and that's what I wanted: an approach to eating to last my entire life.”
Diet“I was motivated by just thinking that if you had all this external success that everyone would love you and everything would be peaceful and wonderful.”
Success“My greatest environments in which I can grow, or grow up, is in personal romantic relationships with a man.”
Romantic“When I'm off the road, my husband and I recharge our batteries. It's a day of deep rest and connection with the spiritual, and that can be anything - going for a walk in nature, being in silence, burning incense.”
Nature“Courage and willingness to just go for it, whether it is a conversation or a spontaneous trip or trying new things that are scary - it is a really attractive quality.”
Courage