The thing that's characteristic of my performance is that I literally do drag the whole studio onto the stage.

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A lot of artists who have a certain style are expected to more or less...

A lot of artists who have a certain style are expected to more or less...

The only stuff I don't like are Broadway musicals. I hate them. I don't even...

The only stuff I don't like are Broadway musicals. I hate them. I don't even...

A lot of the work in United States is highly critical of technology. I'm using...

A lot of the work in United States is highly critical of technology. I'm using...

Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.

Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.

I've never really had a hobby, unless you count art, which the IRS once told...

I've never really had a hobby, unless you count art, which the IRS once told...

I'm a real workaholic.

I'm a real workaholic.

I hate zoos.

Paradise is exactly like where you are right now... only much, much better.

Paradise is exactly like where you are right now... only much, much better.

I have written a few children's books. The first book that I wrote was for...

I have written a few children's books. The first book that I wrote was for...

I see and write things first as an artist, second as a woman, and third...

I see and write things first as an artist, second as a woman, and third...

As a New Yorker, I'm someone who lives on an island and looks across to...

As a New Yorker, I'm someone who lives on an island and looks across to...

A lot of words in English confuse the idea of life and electricity, like the...

A lot of words in English confuse the idea of life and electricity, like the...

When you meet a man who is broken, pick him up and carry him. When...

When you meet a man who is broken, pick him up and carry him. When...

It's just such a great miracle when things do work, and they work for such...

It's just such a great miracle when things do work, and they work for such...

Literature is the safe and traditional vehicle through which we learn about the world and...

Literature is the safe and traditional vehicle through which we learn about the world and...

The fewer expectations you have, the better.

The fewer expectations you have, the better.

I'm an average enough person to point to the things I've gotten to see that...

I'm an average enough person to point to the things I've gotten to see that...

When love is gone, there's always justice. And when justice is gone, there's always force....

When love is gone, there's always justice. And when justice is gone, there's always force....

It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.

It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.

Justice is the infrastructure of proprietorship.

Justice is the infrastructure of proprietorship.

God made many puzzle pieces, but only those two 'cut out' for each other, can...

God made many puzzle pieces, but only those two 'cut out' for each other, can...