I think everybody who relates to music is kind of isolated. It's lonely. Everyone who uses the creative side of their brain is that much removed from reality. They are looking for answers wherever they can find them.

Living in L.A., I was completely lost - and I enjoyed it.

People think I look odd onstage. But the way I deal with being incredibly nervous is by concentrating really hard.

I love the way you can fall in love with a piece of literature; how words alone can get your heart doing that.

No one starts playing my kind of music to make a fortune. But I do want to keep doing what I do and I do want to continue selling records. And I would, eventually, quite like some money.

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?

I need some isolation, it's necessary to me, that's just who I am. I need to be left alone.