I have surrounded myself with very smart people.

You can't really make people be any different than what they are.

I think the fact that I look totally artificial, but I am totally real, has its own kind of magic in it.

There's been a lot of talk about Jack White wanting to work with me, and I've always admired him, and of course, he lives in Nashville, too.

I just don't feel like I have to explain myself.

Got those moods a swinging, tears a slinging, nothing fits me, when it hits me, ranting, raving, misbehaving, PMS blues.

I always loved books. I don't remember learning to read, it was just something I always did. I was hungry for knowledge, I guess, and information; I was a curious kid. I still am.