I try to write lyrics so that they won't age, which sort of leaves you with the big subjects like death and love and sex and violence.

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.

It's very flattering when you look into the crowd and people have made an effort and dressed in your style.

My style of playing is more enthusiasm and instinct than skill.

I used to dress like an eight-year-old boy. Traveling has inspired me to be more experimental.

I can't ever seem to shake the feeling that when things are really good it essentially means that things are going to go really bad. When I feel calm and settled, there is always an underlying feeling of impending doom... I don't think that it's healthy.

I was always that girl growing up who you could find dancing down supermarket aisles. It's that sense of not feeling inhibited. Dancing in supermarkets is my favorite thing.