Buddy Holly and the early rock 'n' roll was no lighter than the way I play. It's very minimal.

My style of songwriting is influenced by cinema. I'm a frustrated filmmaker. A fan once said to me, 'Girl, you make me see pictures in my head!' and I took that as a great compliment. That's exactly my intention.

I liked playing in small clubs. I really liked holding the attention of thirty or forty people. I never liked the roar of the big crowd.

They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.

I get the urge for going/But I never seem to go.

Something's lost, but something's gained, in living everyday.

I conceived in art college at the age of 20, near the end of term.