I learned what a lot of women have to do is make the guys in the room think it was their idea, and then you back them up.

I have always had a certain song in my head, a certain chemistry of sounds.

I love being a very personal singer-songwriter, but I also like being a scientist or explorer.

There's no map to human behaviour.

Sometimes, when I have a lot of ideas and I want to do a lot of things, or when I'm traveling, I lose energy and I can't do as many things as I want. So I have to plan days when I'm not doing anything. I find that a bit boring, but it's necessary.

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

[As a kid] I felt it was really weird that music schools behaved like a conveyor belt to make performers for those symphony orchestras. If you were really good and practiced your violin for a few hours a day for ten years you might be invited to this VIP elite club. For me music was not about that. It is about freedom and expression and individuality and impulsiveness and spontaneity. It wasn't so Apollonian; it was more Dionysian.