'When you stop putting yourself on the line, and you don't touch your own heart, how do you expect to touch other people?'

'The most important thing to me as a songwriter is the breath. The most important thing I could say to somebody is, 'Sometimes I just breathe you in.''

'The media likes to put labels on people. Polly the Sex Goddess, Bjork the Pixie, Tori the Fairy Princess'

'If you allow yourself to feel the way you really feel, then maybe you won't be afraid of that feeling anymore.'