I dont think gender is aesthetically defining for me.

I like to write about things that are extreme in some form. I like to write about something I feel I have to write about.

And I really wanted a driver's license. I was 43, had my learner's permit and had failed the test once already - but that was in Riverhead, on Long Island.

My intellect has always been more responsible than my emotions for how I respond to the world.

How weird it was to drive streets I knew so well. What a different perspective.

You have to defend your honor. And your family.

It's striking how commercially viable that impulse for instant intimacy is right now, especially in songs and writing.