I don't think Neil Young has a beautiful voice but it's something that grabs you and the songs are so good.

I remember watching Romeo + Juliet when I was 14 and listening to the soundtrack. When I hear that soundtrack now, all those emotions come back. It's really beautiful when you're at a certain point in your life where most of the adventure lies ahead of you. And it's a sad thing when you feel like you've lost that. But you can get it back.

I was totally romanticizing the idea of Los Angeles when the Doors, Joni Mitchell, and Neil Young were hanging out there.

I was inspired by [Michelangelo] Antonioni's Red Desert - very big and moody.

It's not about being a sex prostitute. It's about this power play in the war of the sexes. It's a rat race, like, "I'm in charge," "No, I'm in charge."

Of course, there are a lot of things I'm angry about in the world.

I was 19 when I recorded my first album, and I've been exposed to many things during these last few years; all the baby fat is gone.