Some turn to Jesus and some turn to heroin.

Paul Simon started piling up a lot of words, more than the bar could handle, and I stopped!

My goal as a writer is more to comfort than to disturb.

Edith Piaf knocked my socks off when I was 8, but I didn't know what she was singing about.

There was this mountain village in Russia where my music was getting in on some German radio station. I remember this because music used to get up to Saskatchewan from Texas. Late at night after the local station closed down.

It's in my stars to invent; I was born on Madame Curie's birthday. I have this need for originals, for innovation. That's why I like Charlie Parker.

I'm a method actress in my songs, which is why it's hard to sing them.