My first work in comics had an Adult theme and I had to create a nom du plume to separate that work and my Children's entertainment.

You mustn’t give your heart to a wild thing. The more you do, the stronger they get, until they’re strong enough to run into the woods or fly into a tree. And then to a higher tree and then to the sky.

There's not one thing in particular that influences my music, but I write about what I know. It's based in personal experience. That's not to say all the songs are biographical, because sometimes it's what I've seen in others' lives.

Any work I do I think is important...like in acting there are no small parts- only small actors.

Years from now, years and years, one of those ships will bring me back, me and my nine Brazilian brats. Because yes, they must see this, these lights, the river -- I love New York, even though it isn't mine, the way something has to be, a tree or a street or a house, something, anyway, that belongs to me because I belong to it.

Of course, personally, I think it'd be tacky to wear diamonds before I'm forty.

If I could find a real life place to make me feel like Tiffany's, then I'd buy some furniture and give the cat a name.