July 5: Cancer

"I buy a lot of cars; I do a lot of driving. So when I'm driving, things just pop into my head. And as fast as the game is going right now, you got to jump on your ideas immediately, and that's what I do. Whether it's recording a song, an album cover, a video, a new concept I'm coming with at a concert, show tape or something. I just don't hesitate. BAM!! I'm using that!"

"I'm flattered to have been nominated for the Achievement Hall of Fame but I've given up public appearances and I would like my name withdrawn from consideration."

"When I was singing in the top 40 band, I decided to go to a vocal coach. He tried right away to make me affect my voice to sound more like a trained singer. The more he made me sound like a 'singer,' the more he took away my ability to communicate with my voice. It helped me to discover that, somehow, my own idiosyncratic way is better."

"I have a whole lot of music, native stuff, that I've gathered over the years but this one was always on the top of the pile for me. I wanted to do something with it, and Howie and I just experimented with ideas and with using this haunting melody with this naive, innocent sound in this girl's voice, and to have this 'fuck you' guitar come blasting in your face, and then back to this theme."

"I was 29 and he was 19 when we met. Everybody was worried for me, that he would leave me. But there are no guarantees. If you're the same age, you can have problems. I take my marriage one day at a time, and don't take my entire self-worth out of my husband. If you put too many expectations on a person and look at marriage as going to last forever, you'll be in trouble. My husband always says I give him so much freedom he can't fly away."