Trust is everything between two artists, or between subject and artist. You have to have trust or nothing good will come out of it.

I learned a lot from Arthur Rimbaud. People talk about how he wanted to be a seer and do that through the derangement of the senses. What they forget was that he also advocated, sternly and austerely, that one must be able to go through all that - and then articulate it.

Got to lose control before you take control.

I think guys are more emotional. Men are supposed to be the strong ones, they have pressure on them to be strong, but when it comes to sex men are much more emotional than women.

I just like living in certain atmospheres. Or I just like people as they are.

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.

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.