We were as Hansel and Gretel and we ventured out into the black forest of the world.

I have vague memories, like impressions on glass plates.

Polaroid by its nature makes you frugal. You walk around with maybe two packs of film in your pocket. You have 20 shots, so each shot is a world.

I've written a lot of prose. I just haven't published it.

Often the simplest song is the hardest to write.

Toyland, toyland . . . once you pass its portals you may never return again.

When I was a teenager, I had trouble getting a boyfriend, so I imagined Arthur Rimbaud or Bob Dylan as my boyfriend.