There is a phenomenal amount of pressure on women in this industry: they are considered vintage by the time they hit their mid-30s.

Dance with the sufis, celebrate your top ten in the charts of pain.

The pop world has really opened its doors.

You have to be clear what your message is and what you're doing. I mean, Miley Cyrus is an amazing talent, and sometimes you kind of just want to say, 'We know you're not Hannah Montana anymore. We know that, my dear. My darling. Now, go be great.'

Cornwall is one of the most beautiful places, with great people - there's not a great downside to it.

At 15, I knew someone whose mother cooked macrobiotic, so I persuaded my mother to go macrobiotic with me.

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.