I met a redneck on a Grecian isle who did the Goat Dance very well.

Van Gogh was impulsive.

My family could only afford to get me the box of eight Crayola crayons, but I craved the one with all 24 colours. I wanted magenta and turquoise and silver and gold.

He's swept with the broom of contempt and the rooms have an empty ring.

Unlike some of my peers, I haven't really hit a writer's block. When I hit a block I just paint, which is an old crop rotation trick.

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'm a very analytical person, a somewhat introspective person; that's the nature of the work I do.