There aren't many other labels who I can say are that successful, and can give me as much as 4AD gives me, and still have such a great roster.

You rarely find someone who sings really well and who produces really well; it's a problem, and I just think it's a missing link in the music scene.

I know texture is really important, but I think texture and stuff precedes songwriting a lot of the time these days.

Sometimes you find people who are magnetic, but once they get in front of a camera, they freak out and get weird.

I like creating beauty out of scary things.

If you look at the way people behave at shows, icons are now musicians; they are the people that we worship.

I cry really easily. If I see a butterfly, I'll practically burst into tears. So it's really hard for me to yell at people, because I'll feel so guilty about it. But if I don't, then they don't take me seriously and it's this endless cycle.