I tend to be drawn to people who are similar. Very independent. And the ones who aren't, it doesn't work. It doesn't last. I’m drawn to quiet people – certainly I am now.

If I don't have an outlet in which to express myself...throug h songwriting or other mediums...I get a bit jittery.

A friend is a friend forever And a good one will never leave, never

I'm a bit of a magpie: whatever I see or hear or read feeds into the songs.

Oh! To not need cognitive justification for every single thing. Wouldn't that be a life?

I was an incredibly misanthrope. I couldn't relate to people my age, and I'm not sure why, as I wasn't particularly smart or interesting

I feel sometimes that I'm in a constant state of being lost in translation, and I guess that why I write songs.

Womanhood is something you don't consider until it hits you.

Age is relative. Experience is relative. And I think often intensity is confused with maturity.

It took a lot of time and practice for me to realise that there's no point trying to be something you're not.

No one starts playing my kind of music to make a fortune. But I do want to keep doing what I do and I do want to continue selling records. And I would, eventually, quite like some money.

It takes a huge effort to free yourself from memory

Well, enough of this introspection. It’s depressing, quite frankly.

Divorced men are more likely to meet their car payments than their child support obligations.

Why is it I feel a new nostalgia for the era of the guillotine?

Some of my ancestors fought in the American Revolution. A few more wore red coats, a few wore blue coats, and the rest wore no coats at all. We never did figure out who won that war.

Childhood play is nothing more than an expression of our individuality and preparation for human interaction.

When you play a character, you bring yourself into the character. You get a chance to shine and show your translation for the character and her state of mind.

When you're afraid of failure you're more likely to do it.

You cannot travel within and stand still without.

If you want to see how enlightened you are, go spend a week with your family.