I've developed into quite a swan. I'm one of those people that will probably look better and better as I get older - until I drop dead of beauty.

I don't know if it will be my big comeback, but I think it is a statement - that I am a self-sustaining, vibrant, long-term artist, and I'm not going away! And if you don't give me credit, then the musical gods will!

I bemoan the fact that all my famous friends have places in St. Bart's and I have to go to Montauk.

I still believe that love is the most powerful force in the world, even though I am yet to experience it fully.

Writing an opera and premiering in England, you could say I was going right into the eye of the storm and I came out successfully. A little tattered and bruised, but so what, I made it.

I think my mother, more than anyone, knew the importance of inspiration. If it was occurring, you had to use 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.