I'm not going to judge what I do.

I don't wish to embarrass anyone.

The thing about Janis is that she just looked so unique, an ugly duckling dressed as a princess, fearlessly so. Seeing her live was like watching a boxing match. Her performance was so in your face and electrifying that it really put you right there in the moment. There you were living your nice little life in the suburbs and suddenly there was this train wreck, and it was Janis.

I think Bob Dylan's a good songwriter. I think he's the best songwriter in the world probably.

A ballad once in a while doesn't go amiss

I hope there is an edge to what I do.

If you're purely derivative in what you do, then you could very easily get lost along the way. But for me, I might want to even do something else for a while.