Los Angeles is such a mysterious place because there's so much evil in that city, but there's also so much light. You can be totally alone on a hillside and I love that kind of secluded, deserted rawness.

I do it live on tape with a band. It's not like I'm doing electronic music with a laptop.

I want to do a stripped-down album. That style is actually where my heart is - storytelling and just letting the voice and the lyrics talk for themselves. I still want to write the perfect song and sing it in the most honest, undressed way. But I feel like I have to gather more experiences and more layers in my voice. I have to live more to be able to tell this tale. So I'm saving my folk record. I have a feeling nobody will understand it.

I feel it's so important to have strong women around you.

It would be amazing if people listened to it when they needed shelter; it would be lovely if they didn't spit on it.

I'm looking forward to some peace and quiet. I fantasize about having a home, which I've kind of never had.

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