I just really allowed my muse to be my guide and I just go with whatever I'm feeling.

Traveling renews you.

I like the music. I don't like the business. I get very tired of the travel and moving, constantly moving. But the hour-and-a-half that I'm making music, I'm one of the happiest people on earth.

I think masculinity is bravado against the mystery of the universe of women. It's just a fear of not knowing what women have that's so powerful. It's this shield they put up to try to get closer.

My public image is so low-key, but I get to travel the world and still have an audience and it's really amazing. I don't take that for granted.

When women make their image about youth and sexuality, and not about intellect, that's kind of a dead-end road. So I think it's a combination of self-entrapment and entrapment by society.

You have to respect your audience. Without them, you're essentially standing alone, singing to yourself.