What I wanted was just to make music, and so, originally I just wanted to hide behind the album cover of the last record, and I wanted it to be almos….

The idea is: You played to 100 people this week in Europe, and then next week you can play to 200. It's an investment in that territory. But it can l….

I didn't want the lyrics to be about specific things in my life, I wanted them to be about generalised experiences I'd had. So when I'm writing about….

Music is an opportunity to say every single thing that you want to say. People will pore over whatever you say and however you say it and, for me, it….

I've tried to be clear about who I am, and be as open as possible with the press, and speak extremely candidly and openly about stuff. I feel like in….

A record is worth 10,000 live shows..

I wouldn't say music is my passion, or my calling, or anything like that. I mean, I don't really believe in that kind of stuff. Life is a series of c….

I don't think fear necessarily is a core human emotion, but I do think fear of death is something that is at the core of every person's existence..

It's totally true: Ariel, Christopher Owens, me, and Courtney Love, all in Saint Laurent ads, all with the same haircut..

I'm glad that, despite everything, I was able to get work done and finish something. I never finish anything. So just being able to finish record and….

It's so easy to hate something. It's harder to genuinely appreciate something..

You can't show somebody what it's like to experience loss, but you can soundtrack it and help them experience their own loss. I am so lucky to have t….

There are a million things out there every single day that trigger me - songs, smells, even the season that we're in, fall. Something about the air..

It's this funny thing now: You sign up to be a musician because you want to write music, but you don't spend your time writing music. Instead, you go….

Generally, I think people are just going through the motions now. There's so much stuff that people are doing today that has already been done. I kin….

My mom worked at [American] Vogue before I was born. She has always been fashion-minded. I grew up with original Yves Saint Laurent sketches on the w….

People are going to be way more patient listening to what I have to say now. I don't have five seconds to get their attention, I have five minutes. T….

I wanted to show a different side of ourselves. I wanted to see in what ways I could explore something new. I felt like working on a double record wo….

Three years between records is longer than average. Double albums are much more of a statement. I really wanted to put myself out there as much as I ….

I don't know if there's anything that would surprise people, because I don't think that anybody knows anything about me at all. There's not much out ….

I grew up around fashion - my mom was an editor for Vogue. Compared to the music industry, though, I'd say [fashion] is a little bit more disorganize….