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POP QUIZ: LISA LOEB Aidin Vaziri Sunday, March 5, 2006

What did singer-songwriter Lisa Loeb, who is best known for the '90s hit "Stay," do after her six-year relationship with fellow musician Dweezil Zappa fell apart? She got herself a reality television show and went looking for a new man, that's what. Every week on "#1 Single," which airs on E!, cameras follow the 37-year-old Brown graduate on a series of bad dates and self-help exercises in her unwavering quest to find a husband and start making babies. Of course, the odd scenes of Loeb prancing around in her undies don't hurt ratings either. "The Very Best of Lisa Loeb" is out now (and, yes, it contains more than one song).

Q: I've watched the scene of you walking around in a thong so many times my eyes are going to fall out of my head.

A: Oh, no.

Q: You probably don't have too much trouble getting dates now.

A: I've gotten a lot of offers lately. It's kind of crazy. It's kind of like when they ran my last breakup across the bottom of the screen on CNN.

Q: Why is it so hard to find a normal guy?

A: It's not. It's hard to find the right one for me. I think it's important to break the myth that there aren't any good guys left.

Q: So why do you think it's so hard for you?

A: I don't know. I think I'm still learning, trying to figure out what I want versus what I think I want. There's a lot of different factors going into it.

Q: Did it really take you six years to realize you weren't going to marry Dweezil Zappa?

A: Yeah, it did. It's crazy because before I dated Dweezil I had another boyfriend for six years and it was the same kind of thing. I think a lot of people have that issue where you get into a relationship before you figure out where it's going and then the older you get you realize, "Oh, my gosh, if I'm really serious about having kids I've got to start making decisions instead of having all these miniature marriages."

Q: Do you watch a lot of Oprah and read books like "He's Just Not That Into You"?

A: I do watch Oprah. And the author of that book Greg (Behrendt) is actually a friend of mine. I've always been curious ever since I was a little kid about how other people live and deal with issues in their life. Like, I didn't know until late college after I got mono that people actually went to sleep at the same time every night and would sleep for a certain number of hours. I didn't know that. So it's interesting to see how other people live and learn from their experiences.

Q: It's funny because at the end of every episode I kind of don't want things to work out for you, just so there will be another episode.

A: That's funny. I went to see motocross once and I just wanted to see little kids wipe out because that's the best part.

Q: Does it make you feel better to hear about other celebrities breaking up, like Richie Sambora and Heather Locklear?

A: Well, on one hand, it makes me less lonely knowing that it doesn't always work for everybody. On the other hand, it makes me a bit sad because I've met like Richie Sambora and Heather Locklear and they seem so cute and nice and talented. It's just so disappointing that they did everything they could and it just didn't work out and that they have kids and stuff. Or Sheryl Crow and Lance Armstrong, I'm sure she was excited to finally settle down with this guy who was this young, talented, driven guy with kids, and it just doesn't work out. Again, it's that sharing of experience. It doesn't make me happy. It makes me feel they're humans, too, and they're going through the same thing.

Q: Yes, but it also means Richie Sambora and Lance Armstrong are now available.

A: Oh, no. Perfect.