People have the power to redeem the work of fools.

I like revisiting my early work, and people like to hear it. I don't make people suffer through any experimentation or new material. When I go see an artist, I want to hear the songs that drew me to them, so I do the same.

I work to Glenn Gould in the morning and go to sleep listening to Parsifal.

I am still a very optimistic person. I continue to do work with joy.

I would rather write or record something great and have it overlooked than do mediocre work and have it be popular.

The issue of gender was never my biggest concern; my biggest concern was doing good work. When the feminist movement really got going, I wasn't an active part of it because I was more concerned with my own mental pursuits.