People will complain that they don't want to wait around for lightning to strike, but why not? If you invest yourself in chance, the potential for disappointment is pretty low.

There are stylists I really love. I'm a huge Joan Didion fan - if I wrote something that she might like, then I'd feel very proud. I want the action to move as quickly as it does in A Book of Common Prayer, where one thing bonks right into another very quickly.

You learn to present dark things without including their ability to harm, treasuring them for what they are.

There are so many ways to respond to music besides feeling like someone's communicating with you. It gives me a charge.

What's scary is the unknown, the stuff you can't put your finger on.

Giving up and doing something else (nursing, for me) was exactly what eventually led me to making music that other people wanted to hear.

If my songs are being listened to between any other songs, that is awesome, and I'm glad people are getting something out of them.