Since I was a kid, I've had an absolute obsession with particular kinds of American music. Mississippi Delta blues of the Thirties, Chicago blues of the Fifties, West Coast music of the mid-Sixties - but I'd never really touched on dark Americana.
My vocal style I haven't tried to copy from anyone. It just developed until it became the girlish whine it is today.
I hate wasting time.
I've still got a twinkle in me.
The past is a stepping stone, not a millstone.
You feel quite distant by playing at huge stadiums year after year, where you only can see a great darkness in front of you.