I mainly let my imagination be my reality. Fantasy is my reality.

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

I used to like to set different film clips to classical music, not even my own songs, but make little movies.

I entered a songwriting competition, I didn't win, and one of the judges on the panel was an A&R man at a record label that had no other acts and I signed to them. We sent my demo out to five people and David Kahne got back to me that day, and said I think you're amazing I want to start with you tomorrow. He was like my Harvard reach school, I couldn't believe it. I was really excited. It was the first time anyone of any importance said I was good and I ran with that validation for a long time.

Being brave means knowing that when you fail, you don't fail forever.

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