I always see colors when I listen to music. It's difficult to explain, but when I hear the music I think about gold, blood rushing.

I can't stand to hear my own voice. If one of my songs comes on in a café, I'll run out right away and come back with the police.

For me, romance is only 'true' when there are two sides to it. I think to have true romance you have to have the moments where you feel alone and you're crying and you feel like your heart's about to break... as well as the moments where you're floating through this orgasmic dream state.

I don't want to be a pop star. I want to be a nursery-rhyme star!

To be honest I'd just love to keep writing hits for other people... That's kind of my secret dream.

Vivienne Westwood really inspires me. I love her punk ethos.

I have a really good relationship with my label and with people I've worked with since I was younger. I've always had a really good relationship, with both men and women. I think, for me, the way I face sexism in the music industry is when people are like, "Oh, she must not write her own music." That's frustrating, in a way. But it's cool. I'm mostly just like, "Meh." I'm just doing my thing.