Singing and being truthful to a song... I've developed that skill, and I know how to do that real instinctively, that's all I've been doing for the last 25 years.

I have to be very careful about diet and exercise.

I have always loved Ed Norton and Ryan Gosling. Also Julianne Moore and Cate Blanchett.

I think I was perceived in one fashion. A video is based on a song. I think you can get glimpses of people's presence within that. There's some people you enjoy watching more than others.

When I first came out, like a lot of the artists at that time, I had a very polished, very overproduced sound.

To me, it was about finding new opportunities. I know my voice touches people. It has for years. I can't give that up.

By the second tour I had rice cakes and hummus with me, and I was jumping rope in my room.