Everybody kind of understands, Oh yeah you take drugs and it does something to your brain and then you can't stop. It's easier to describe that shame, that horrible feeling of not being able to control your own life.

In 1997 Mann married songwriter Michael Penn (brother of actors Sean Penn and Chris Penn) whom Aimee Mann met in the 1980s and was courted by while Aimee Mann was recording her previous album. [citation needed]
In 2006 Mann appeared on an episode of the television series Love Monkey. They released the EP Bark Along with The Young Snakes in 1982.