I don't really write journals and stuff and then adapt them to music, it's completely within the form of the song. My great obsession and basically the bane of my existence is caring probably too much about every word, but it's too late to change my career path.

The architecture of the song, if it's built properly, can withstand all kinds of things.

It's very hard to separate what is a conscious decision and what's not.

We don't have T-shirts with my face, but there I can see the beginnings, especially young girls seeing me as sort of a icon in that way. And in that regard I'm more than happy to step in.

I like the idea of interviews where you just talk about stuff instead of where it's my chance to talk to my public through something else.

I really love traveling, I love playing.

I try not to focus on the gender issue too much but I think you have to acknowledge it in order for it to go away.