The society of whores stuck needles in an image of me.

Look, when I look back, from 20 onwards, I was actually having a pretty good time, I have to say.

A is for Answering all your prayers, N is for kNowing that your loverman's going to be the answer.

I write songs from the point of view I had at a time;I'm not tryingto write songs from a young person's point of view.That only ends in disaster.

The big problem with songwriting for me is starting a new song. It's the thing where all the anguish exists, not in the writing of the song, but the starting of the new song.

I've always worn suits. To me they're a very practical kind of thing to wear. You put one on and don't really have to think about what you're going to wear.

My music has to do with beauty, and it's intended to, if not lift the spirits, then be a kind of a balm to the spirits.