I dropped out of NYU, moved out of my parent's house, got my own place, and survived on my own. I made music and worked my way from the bottom up.

I wanted to be a skinny little ballerina but I was a voluptuous little Italian girl whose dad had meatballs on the table every night.

I think what it really is, is that I date creative people. And I think that what intimidates them is not my purse; it's my mind.

I like pushing boundaries.

The blurring of fantasy and reality is something that the Japanese herald in their life, in their day-to-day commercialism.

If there was some sort of mathematical equation for beauty, I don’t know if I would be the algorithm. I’m not a supermodel. That’s not what I do. What I do is music. I want my fans to feel the way I do, to know what they have to offer is just as important, more important, than what’s happening on the outside.

I’d rather be poor and happy than rich and alone.