When I was working on the lyrics, I thought of all the lullabies we learn as children: "Away in the Manger," William Blake's lullabies. I realized that the key to lullabies is simplicity.

I thought to myself that he contained a whole universe that I had yet to know.

As far as I'm concerned, being any gender is a drag.

I wasn't thinking so much of music. I wasnt thinking so much of perfection or stardom or any of that stuff.

I never thought of being a performer, never thought of being a singer, never thought of being a photographer. It's just the trajectory of my work. I go to the medium that serves the vision.

I know from an early age that I'm very comfortable in front of people. When I was a young girl, I'd love giving book reports.

I'd try to write my poems in a certain rhythm. I had my rock 'n' roll stuff for performing and my denser stuff for writing.