I was very aware when I went to the Academy Awards that it would probably be my first and last time. So I thought my input should really be about fertility, and I thought I'd bring some eggs.

People are always going to need physicality; they're going to want to meet other people even more. I've got faith in the physical angle. People have their needs. They won't forget about them.

You shouldn't let poets lie to you.

I get obsessed by little nerdy things in my corner that no one else is interested in.

You're a coward if you don't stand up. Not for you, but for women. Say something.

Sometimes when I write lyrics there are images in them, usually on a quite simplistic level, like colors. But most often music comes first and then later I sit down with visual people and we chat about what we want to do. I don't look at myself as a visual artist. I make music.

The relationship changes as you learn more about people, and the work sort of takes on its own life. I enjoy this very much.