My reaction to everything in life is when it gets a bit complicated to water it down and make it simple again.

The romanticised life, where all the great poetry and music and art of the world comes from, is great but it requires a lot of self-indulgence.

Women are presented with a very narrow aspect of the female narrative. And now we live in a culture and a time where it gets to us very quickly and very young. So how do you maintain in a child that sense of unique identity before they get thrown all that is projected on them?

All my songs come from me because I only seem able to write about myself and my experiences.

I speak because I can to anyone I trust enough to listen.

I think your most intimate thoughts are only honest when they're in your head.

I definitely tell things at arm's length but that is conscious. No part of me wants everybody to know what's going on.