There is actually a great book called Prima Donna by Rupert -Christiansen that deconstructs the myth. In fact, many of the women who were prima donnas were feminists and incredible forces for their time.

I wish I could just relax sometimes and make some money, but I always feel like I have to prove some kind of big, profound point.

That will to love is very powerful. But it doesn't always win.

I will take my coffee black / never snack / hang with the wolves who are sheepish.

I don’t really have a relationship with the guitar; it’s like my slutty lover, whereas I’m married to the piano

I'll be honest, I worry sometimes about what I've done. I have tied my whole person to my art and, whatever it takes to get that hook, I will go there and do it.

I find so many songwriters today are missing an element ... either the production is amazing but the songs aren't, or it's the other way around.