"With music, you often don't have to translate it. It just affects you, and you don't know why."

"I try to devote my afternoons to making music in my home studio, but it's a lot more fun hanging out with musicians and friends, and trying subtly to influence a band than making your own stuff."

"It seems almost backwards to me that my music seems the more emotional outlet, and the art stuff seems more about ideas."

"I found music to be the therapy of choice."

"Some music really does suck!"

"My dad took me to all the best rock and punk shows when I was growing up and music has always been a part of my life. So I'm very interested in the music scene and I suppose that's why I've ended up going out with musicians. Dave Pirner is still one of my best friends."

"I have music inside me and I'm very lucky to be able to play music and that's the way that I try to do it."

"I see it as more of a teenage activity than, you know, she's only 11, but you know, I think it's great that she knows so many girls who want to play music. And I see it more as a teen activity than I do as going into music."