I wanted to take up music, so my father bought me a blunt instrument. He told me to knock myself out.

Music is the language of the heart, and conservatives always screw it up.

Music is about communication... it isn't just something that maybe physically sounds good or orally sounds interesting it's something far, far deeper than that.

My husband is a composer, so he plays piano all the time and I sit there and clap telling my unborn child, 'Hear me clap, hear the music.' I know music, in general, is supposed to be good for babies to hear.

Music has always been my protection against the world, from a very young age. I feel safe inside of a jam.