It's definitely an intrinsic part of my makeup that makes me want to see black when everyone else is seeing white.

That's a difficult question, because to consider yourself a rebel is sort of ridiculous.

If Jennifer Lopez could write songs like Fiona Apple's, she wouldn't have to spend so many hours at the gym.

The sensation of never feeling good enough or pretty enough will always be there. It's a constant dialogue, and you just learn to be more powerful than that other voice. When you hear it come up, you shut it down.

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

Being a singer, being a performer, you have tricks, somehow, to calm yourself when things feel a little overwhelming. I don't do breathing exercises, per se, but I definitely have to have a sort of internal word with myself before things got completely out of hand and I fainted on the floor.

I feel privileged, to be honest.