[on her song-writing strategy] First and foremost, you have to care. And to care involves a certain sense of vulnerability. You have to pay attention to all the things every day that tempt us to anesthetize ourselves, and to shut down. There are a million distractions, from drugs to just eye-candy, and if we overindulge in those things then we shut down, and when we shut down we don't care...I think that's one of the big illnesses right now, this shutting-down. So I'm always urging people to stay awake and aware, probably because I'm trying to do that. I don't want to be alone.I want the comfort of warm bodies around me and like-minded souls.
