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 wanted to be part of a high-class scene of musicians. It was half-inspired because I didn't have many friends, and I was hoping that I would meet people and fall in love and start a community around me, the way they used to do in the '60s.

I listen to a little Marina & The Diamonds. She has a song called 'Teen Idle' that I really like.

People are really talkative in New York. Someone always comes up to me and says 'Hi' during the day.

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

Growing up I was always prone to obsession, partly because of the way I am, but partly because after feeling so lonely for such a long time, when I found someone or something that I liked, I felt helplessly drawn to it. I suppose that accounts for some of the creepiness in my music.

I think that plain old intellectualism [can be] a more powerful force than the idea of the femme fatale.