A lot of people these days are not music lovers - they just want to be famous which is a very different thing to what I grew up believing in.

I don't find any kind of tension very productive, I find it destructive, actually.

I've got a lot of stamina and I enjoy people, so having lots of people around doesn't freak me out.

I think it's a great thing to have failed in life and then pulled yourself up by the boot straps and actually done something, because then you appreciate it more.

People don't associate red hair, pale skin, and freckles with beauty.

I had taken some of my solo music into the record label. They didn't really care for the direction I was moving in and I found it really disheartening. They wanted a pop hit, which I understand in terms of making money. I get that. But what they were going to ask of me was something I wasn't prepared to deliver and I felt kind of trapped. I just stopped writing. I just stopped. It was stifling.

I say embrace the total geek in yourself and just enjoy it. Life is too short to be cool.