Tori's my legal name. My niece and nephews, they all call me Aunt Ellen, because I went by my middle name years ago, before I turned 18.

Being in your forties - any woman who isn't there yet, I just have to say to you: Euphoria is coming to you.

There's a sea secret in me / it's plain to see it is rising / but I must be flowing liquid diamonds / calling for my soul / at the corners of the world

I produce the records. I don't hand over control to some really expensive producer who then talks to the record company and then tries to bend me to their will - for commercial purposes.

Boy, you better pray that I bleed real soon.

I've been known to throw watermelons, backstage, at people who are giving me news I don't want to hear. But I never aim for the head.

What do you plan to do with all your freedom?