Quotes

I don't always know where to put my hands; sometimes it is endearing, sometimes not.

[asked by Katie Couric how she felt after sweeping the 2003 Grammy Awards] I felt like I went to somebody else's birthday party and I ate all their cake without anybody else getting a piece.

[on the effects her success has had on her life] I just do the same stuff I always did. I have a bigger apartment--that's the main change.

I'm not melancholy; I'm a happy-go-lucky person, kind of silly. I like funny things. I have a lot of energy. I tend to like music that's mellow, though.

Without a piano I don't know how to stand, don't know what to do with my hands.

That's been the coolest thing about all this - I get to meet people that I worship!

I don't try to sound like anyone but me anymore. If something is out of my element, I try to avoid it.

[on her role in My Blueberry Nights (2007)] I was asked by [director] Wong Kar-Wai to be in his new film. It didn't seem like I would be the most obvious person for him to ask, but for some reason he did, and for some reason I dove in head first before I knew anything about the project. I watched several of his films and thought they were beautiful, so I just trusted him.

Recently I've started to drive again. Living in New York City you don't really need a car, and I had let my license lapse. I've really found it liberating to drive again. I don't think it is good for me to drive too much in New York City, though, because I am prone to road rage. Plus I drive like a granny and everyone in New York drives with impatience.

With the first record I was very overwhelmed - a scared little chicken

• because I felt like people were staring at me and I didn't have any

clothes on or something. Now, people aren't really staring at me, so I'm able to be more comfortable with myself.

[on being approached by director Wong Kar-Wai to star in My Blueberry Nights (2007)] I thought maybe he wanted some music for a movie, and he asked if I wanted to be in a movie. And I said, "Well, I don't know if I can act -- have you seen my music videos?" I'm pretty uncomfortable in front of the camera, and he said, "No, you're natural, I like that".

I've never wanted to portray some theatrical character or role. I'm just me, take it or leave it.