I like to make people dream and think and imagine and learn and study. Nowadays, music is so literal - it's telling you, "This is how it is," and my music's the opposite. I come from an era where lyrics were full of imagery and metaphor, and that's all I know.

We get discouraged sometimes when people look at surface only and neglect the message.

I thought if I gave people all of my journey in one go, it could be overwhelming and easily forgotten, and I didn't want to make an album where the single was so popular that you overlook the whole record. So three parts felt right - it's a number that can't be divided into.

I always thought music was open to all things.

I have been doing choreography my whole life, and it's so important to make that marriage between music and the body.

I'm just being the artist that I would have loved if I was a child.

I've learned that you only become as creative as you possibly can by staying independent.