I have been a provoker and I'll probably always be one in the public arena for the rest of my life.

Anything lower than mid-six figures is not going to get me interested in that. And honestly, I just don't want to.

The ability to play with different people is infinitely fascinating to me.

When you get a chance to play with people - informally is one thing, but when you hook up and make something that's going to last or mean something to someone, I take it very seriously.

You make music to move people and you don't get to pick who you move. You just don't. It's exclusionary and elitist and I just never felt that way about music, of all things. The great unifier.

Basically I'm always singing about the same stuff whether it's in a loud or quiet outfit.

I've never presented myself as anything less than a flawed person.