It's more important for me to have a good record with good music and be part of a movie that's good and where the music is used in a really great way. That's the important thing. The other stuff you want to say about it, I don't care.

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.