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.

When things get bad enough, your only resort is to lie in bed and start praying.

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

I only know how to do me, so that's just what I'm going to do.

I sing the National Anthem, while I'm standing, over your body, hold you like a python.

I'm always just surprised when someone writes something about me.

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.