I used to wonder if it was God's plan that I should be alone for so much of my life. But I found peace. I found happiness within people and the world.

I think the thing I really got from Ginsberg was that you can tell a story through kind of painting pictures with words. And when I found out that you could have a profession doing that, it was thrilling to me. It just became my passion immediately, playing with words and poetry.

I’ve been really blessed to have a lot of romance in my life. It’s like my last luxury.

Like a groupie incognito posing as a real singer, life imitates art.

And I really have done everything that I said I did do. The rest is just a story that somebody else made up.

I believe nothing happens by mistake. You know, the universe has a divine plan. That sounds dramatic.

Initially the fashion world was more interested in me than the music world, which was strange when I first started singing.