Tori Amos

I don't mind a dirty girl. But what I find tragic is when we, as women, become not the subject of our own story but someone else's object.

When you don't have people in your life pushing you, can you push yourself?

My father was a preacher in Maryland and we had crab feasts - with corn on the cob, but no beer, being Methodist - outside on the church lawn.

I'm a huge Dallas Mavs fan. What I love about Dirk Nowitzki is he has just as much talent as everyone else, if not more, and he never toots his own horn. He's this silent warrior.

It's an ear job, not an eye job.

America stands for the land of opportunity.