When you're a parent, then you still have to commit to this concept of, "Okay, I'm basically out of action now for three months."

I tied a bunch of balloons to a beach chair and tried to float up to heaven. *begins to weep* There's no heaven, and birds tried to kill me! *shrivels up*

I'm horrified of leprechauns. I'm horrified that I might be leprechauns.

It's easy to be miserable. Being happy is tougher - and cooler.

Generally, it's not good to be engaged directly with the political system unless you are qualified. It`s a very depressing business, the way politics works. You get stuck into it, but then, at some point, you have to walk away. I had to walk away, because it's like this dark, black energy void. There are some people who have dedicated their lives to living in that energy void, but I can't do it. I just can't go there. It feels like you're treading water too much when you do. It's a crazy thing.

If there are political programs on TV, yet it takes an artist to actually energize political debate, that tells you something really quite frightening about the level of the political debate happening on mainstream channels - right-wing-biased mothers.

I don't like old friends talking to me like I'm a pop star, cos it makes me feel like I'm becoming two-dimensional.