I’ve been really, really blessed. I got to perform on stage with Bob Dylan. I’ve gotten to sing with Mick Jagger.
I’m not much of a partier anymore. I enjoy clarity much more.
I don’t need to reiterate the fact that that everyone has a relationship with cancer. Whether it’s an individual-personal relationship – whether it’s with family or friends – we’ve all been touched by cancer.
I don’t set goals for myself too much, but I’m always trying to write that one great song.
Someone like me shouldnt be diagnosed with breast cancer, thats what was going through my mind. I wasnt thinking about a diagnosis. I was just doing what I was supposed to do, which was staying on top of my mammograms. It was a shock.
I propose a limitation be put on how many squares of toilet paper can be used in any one sitting.
Then when I cut my hair short, my career tanked for about four years!
I have been around for a long, long time. I didn’t make it ’til I was older. I went through the period when women were not getting signed, particularly if you were writing songs that were lyrically propelled.
We are a testament to the importance of early detection and new treatments. I encourage all women everywhere to advocate for themselves and for their future. See your doctor and be proactive about your health.
It’s interesting when I jog, how much the music makes a difference. You can pretty much count on the Foo Fighters to get your heart rate up.
I think your life informs your art.
There’s a lot of integrity with musicians; you really still aspire to grow, and be great, to be the best version of yourself you can be.
How the world perceives you is largely out of your control.
I have a philosophy that everything you write doesn’t have to be good for everybody. There are going to be people that get irritated by some of the things I write-including my parents. And then there are going to be people that you draw in because of the pointedness of certain things.
Beck said he didn’t believe in the theory of a song coming through you as if you were an open vessel. I agree with him to a certain extent.
I got to learn to surf.
I pride myself on finding balance. I love making music and I love raising my boys – I find time to make both a priority.
Being diagnosed with cancer really opened my eyes to the fact anyone can have it and that even though we think we have control over everything in our lives, we don’t.
A lot of people seem to get preoccupied with what I’m wearing as opposed to the music.
Steve McQueen was from a time when you didn’t know every little dirty thing about our public figures. He and James Dean were very mysterious, archetypal American heroes.