"I was always the girl that had friends but did boys like me? *Not* the boys I liked! "They'd say 'she's really nice and she plays really good piano but she's also Sandy Luman's friend, can we get *her* phone number?' I hadn't blossomed so I was seen as a rather nondescript nice girl, I guess." - Hot Press 92

"I do believe that we all are, fundamentally, divided creatures. Emotions split from intellect, spirit from flesh and far too often sexuality is disconnected from what we feel, and are, as total human beings. But how, for example, can anyone have an understanding of the virgin if they don't also have an understanding of the prostitute, the saint and sinner in one body? Attempting to reconcile these opposing forces in my own nature is my goal and what I write about in songs like Precious Things, and all the songs on the album." - Hot Press 92

"And so it's about celebrating sexuality in the widest sense, including the elements of revenge. As in 'Precious Things' where I say to the guy 'So you can make me cum/that doesn't make you Jesus'. Just because I'm with a man and because I'm creaming for a man doesn't make him a master, doesn't even necessarily make him worthy of love, of *my* love. And I now realize, maybe for the first time in my life, that my capacity for love is incredibly deep and that for me to give this to a man he has to fully understand, and respect what that means. Too few do. They're into pillaging, rummaging around, doing a little Viking stuff! But most women these days realize that's not enough, boys! And if some women don't then I hope songs like 'Precious Things' will help open their eyes. And, just as importantly, help open the eyes of some men." - Hot Press 92

"Heavily into the Sandman comics by now the nights were late candles all over the house dripping where they would. Wax is a bit more fun to play with than bubblegum. The doors were open by now. I could resist but there’s always air suction." - Little Earthquakes Piano Book 1992

"(on Letterman) Well I had to say "calm" or they were gonna totally bleep me. And I didn't want them to bleep me. So they put me in a funny position. But I tried to let it slip through. This is America, you know..." - Beat Magazine 7/14/94

"God is our biggest mythology. Christianity has been the biggest history in the West, and it permeates everything, even advertising. There are certain things that will or won't be said. I couldn't say 'cum' on David Letterman the other night because of advertisers. I had to sing 'because you make me calm, that doesn't make you Jesus'" - Illinois Entertainer 8/94

"Billy was definitely real. He was my crush when I was twelve. Yeah anyway...*blows raspberry*" - Musique Plus 10/13/99

"When I performed Precious Things on the David Letterman show, I couldn't say 'cum' . The line was, 'just because you can make me cum that doesn't make you Jesus'. They wanted me to sing, 'just 'cause you can make me hum...' I said, 'I'll give it a diphthong and you wont know what it is. I'll sing it as though i've got a dick in my mouth." - Esquire 10/99