I can't wait to get on stage, because there you don't worry about whether you'll ever get married because your life is insane, or whether you'll ever have another boyfriend again, you don't worry about the typical boundaries of how your life has to be.

I always wanted to sound like a man, like Jeff Buckley or Tom Waits.

You should have high expectations for yourself and others should come second.

I love performing outside because it's as if the heavens are open and the elements become part of the stage show as well - you know, the wind and the rain and the thunder. It's almost as if there's a sense of invocation in performance.

'Dog Days' was recorded with pens and the wall, and half a stolen drum kit that was out of tune, in what was basically a cupboard. The only instrument I could really play was my voice, so we just layered everything a hundred times. It was enthusiasm over skill.

Maybe in music you're making an auditory environment and maybe you change your environment around you to suit your own way.

I'm obsessed with choirs, and always have been, because of that sense of overwhelming vocals.