I just prefer instrumental. I don't need to hear what other people are singing. And if I need music as a backdrop to work or to think, I need to have that part of the brain clear - I don't need people feeding their fantasies into my vision.

The female format is a beautiful one in which to function. Foolhardy as it may be. I change my image all the time, it's whatever suits me at the moment.

Politics are always involved, even in my love songs.

I would be humiliated if I found out that anything I did actually became a commercial success.

Just because my bank account hasn't swelled astronomically I don't consider myself any less of a success.

The need to document my insanity is an affliction I have not yet cured myself of.

Musician' is not a very respected title. I'm not a musician.