Bulnerable without strength is vulnerable, and being vulnerable means you can be victimized.

You wouldn't find a Joni Mitchell on 'X Factor;' that's not the place. 'X Factor' is a specific thing for people that want to go through that process - it's a factory, you know, and it's owned and stitched-up by puppet masters.

I want to be true to who I am.

You have to face things, have faith in what you do and go for it. Think, 'What's the worst that could happen?'

You're never quite sure where the song is going, because you might not find the word to rhyme with the end of the line. You have to find associative meaning to get you there. So it's rather like doing a crossword puzzle backwards. A kind of strange, three-dimensional, abstract crossword puzzle.

I think the whole experience of being a human being on the planet is such a mystery, to be honest. Trying to figure out one's purpose and [asking] "What is it all about?"

The momentum of time is always going forward. You cannot repeat what has been done before. You can't go back.