I'm not really a songwriter - I'm an interpreter. So in a sense I am an actress first and foremost. I act out the songs, and I lead with my heart.

I'm crazy about Diane Von Furstenberg. It's a relationship that's very different; I don't see Diane a lot. So when I saw the article in New York magazine she looked so beautiful and it was talking about her work, too. She set up the interview and it was happening. That's different than someone writing a book about you who you've never met.

I think a responsibility comes with notoriety, but I never think of it as power. It's more like something you hold, like grains of sand. If you keep your hand closed, you can have it and possess it, but if you open your fingers in any way, you can lose it just as quickly.

You can have a lot of New York and still see what's going on in the rest of the world, I think - like in China.

Hair has always been important.

I really, deeply believe that dreams do come true. Often, they might not come when you want them. They come in their own time.

I try to choose the songs that really are basically coming from my heart. I think that through the songs that I select, people know what's going on in my life.