It's been a thrilling journey - I have had to really learn that an orchestra is an entity - it's a creature. I have been calling it the dragon and the conductor is the dragon tamer. And you just have to ... ride and don't let go and you will be fine.

It's fun to write your set list 20 minutes before and keep the crew very much on their toes.

I've been looking for a savior in these dirty streets, looking for a savior beneath these dirty sheets.

You know when people smile too much? It's painful. I find it really painful. Happy is not very reliable. I'm trying to live like, um, with a fierce calm.

I think doing variations on a classical theme is a dangerous thing to do.

I became a mom at 37 and having a child has been an emancipation for me.

There are 23 bootlegs now. Robert Plant came home with a bootleg video and said 'Tori, you've made it. You're nothing until you've been bootlegged.'