I am the worst influence. If you can't handle your vices, then I am the Devil.

From in the shadow she calls. And in the shadow she finds a way, finds a way. And in the shadow she crawls, clutching her faded photograph. My image under her thumb. Yes with a message for my heart. She’s been everybody else’s girl maybe one day she’ll be her own.

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.

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

I was fascinated to think about a place where men could be the mothers and I thought of my own song-writing and I decided to have a relationship with their daughters.

Even if everything else is downplayed, I'll wear good shoes.

Things go wrong all the time; you can't be precious about it.