Children go with whatever makes them feel good - like if that's the color green or orange, they do that with their clothes. As I've grown older, everything reversed. My music, my personality - onstage those things became my colors.

I've cried over string arrangements.

I speak about androids because I think the android represents the new 'other.' You can compare it to being a lesbian or being a gay man or being a black woman ... What I want is for people who feel oppressed or feel like the 'other' to connect with the music and to feel like, 'She represents who I am.'

Everything is about balance. You can't work, work, work, work without any play.

Perfection is the often the enemy of greatness.

When you realize it's your responsibility to be a leader and create the world that you want to see, you have to do it.

I don’t even know at what age I started, because it’s always been there. Performing … creating … it’s in my DNA.