I wasn't afraid of going places or doing new things. I would do just about anything or go anywhere. I'd get a notion in my mind and just follow it.

Writing in other voices is almost Japanese in the sense that theres a certain formality there which allows me to sidestep the embarrassment of directly expressing to complete strangers the most intimate details of my life.

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

I still consider myself a feminist.

Some girls are taught to be sexy.

I wasn't afraid of going places or doing new things. I would do just about anything or go anywhere. I'd get a notion in my mind and just follow it.

I fingerpick a lot because I can get more of a range of feeling from the guitar than I can when I bash away with a pick.