Somebody will come backstage and go, 'You saved me.' And I will have to say, 'Stop right there. You saved yourself.'

I like involved projects. I'm driven by the idea of characters and the song-cycle form is similar to a musical.

When one doesn’t want the limelight, but is also creative in developing whatever it is they are, then you can have two equal people that aren’t competing against each other. I think when you are in the same field, it’s difficult to leave it outside and not compete. Then when the doors are closed, that pervades everything.

I have so many different personalities in me and I still feel lonely.

I like butter and the people who like butter.

I think that people who can't believe in faeries aren't worth knowing. I just think that alternate realities make you a good writer. If your work is any more than one dimension, you believe in faeries.

I'm a winter girl. I like coming out when things are desolate and everybody's ready to slit their wrists.