"People have become less discriminating listeners, which is tragic, really. There's a lot of emperor'..." — Paula Cole

I like women who can throw a ball and laugh loud and have some spine, and I like men who don't mind cooking dinner.

So I'm writing more highly personalized and intellectual music, and I think that's good. It might take longer to find me, but I think that niche is perhaps underserved, so I'm going to serve that.

I like doing the crossword puzzle in the New York Times, not watching E! on TV.

I was curious and hungry at a young age, and jazz was such a mystery to me, an ocean where you can express yourself in the moment. It represented freedom, it represented wearing wings and going somewhere with music.