I'm intelligent enough to survive happily and be compassionate. If I were too smart, I would realize all the ills of the world.

I think pain is the best feeling for song writing. You can write good happy songs, but I think the kind of bruiting, depressing ones are more effective. They are easier to write when I am impassioned and angry. It is a good way to channel that negative energy.

There are two kinds of men. There are men who are f**king misogynist pigs and then there are men who really love women, who think they’re the most amazing people in the world. And that’s me. Maybe the reason I was promiscuous and wanted to sleep with a lot of them, is that I love them so much.

It's sweet that I don't have to do my laundry.

Let's face it, I only practice yoga because the classes are always packed with beautiful women.

I was a huge Beatles fan. The Stones, Dylan. Later on, I got into Stevie Wonder, and Bill Withers - he's one of my heroes. Al Green, too.

I'm fiercely independent, but I'm also terrified of being alone.