I can't believe I got a major-label record deal. My music was quirky, and my voice was so odd and high and girlish, it was like a weird novelty act.

I'd just like to inspire people to be themselves and do what they want and not conform to the rigid guidelines of the music or entertainment business.

I've always been in this sort of perpetual state of existential longing. I feel like something's missing.

At heart I am a librarian, a bird-watcher, a transcendentalist, a gardener, a spinster, a monk.

I still have all the faith and love for my music and yet I'm still playing places for kids.

If you do things when you're burned out, it'll make you bitter.

How can I shield myself from the things that I hear?