I definitely have a Luddite's approach to what's going on. I find that as I get older, I get stupider.

And I am left behind Corrupted crushed and blind All for a dream That in truth was never really mine.

But I don't even think you hear me at all Under your medieval ceiling behind your biblical wall

I definitely was always expected and encouraged to be a songwriter from a very young age, ... But really it's because, as a child, I thought I was Judy Garland. And when I started out, I was a little nuts. I thought I was a classic, legendary superstar when only 10 people knew who I was. I feel in some ways that my confidence is misinterpreted as arrogance, which is understandable. But I've also always thought that false modesty is evil.

I like to sing to Verdi, I like singing to Sibelius, and Mahler maybe.

There is this church that I go to a lot in New York. I'm not religious but I love lighting candles and stuff. I find it useful.

I like to make the mundane fabulous whenever I can.