You can tell when someone is putting on a role. If someone really believes in what theyre saying, its quite hard to find cracks.

I'm a big Johnny Cash girl. And I love singers like Laura Marling and Joanna Newsom.

I never personalize anything because I think that can be dangerous. For me, the best way is - this may sound pretentious - but its to breathe the character and get into the psychology of it.

Sometimes I think you just have to decide if you're going to stand up and get on with it or if you're going to be crushed and threatened.

I can scare myself like a pro.

You collect people to take with you. Some people change, other people don't... it's wonderful because I've met some incredible friends

Unfortunately, Poots is the name that I've been graced with for my life, but it's not short for anything.

I was very aware of Jeff Buckley. My brother actually bought me The Mamas And The Papas and Jeff Buckley for my birthday when I was in my early teens.

But in New York, it’s different—even uptown it’s really grand, and there’s no real segregation there. It’s all mixed up.

Once you play a superhero, is there any way back again? Once you're a superhero, it's just crazy.

I do admit to being slightly in love with Christopher Walken.

He told me that when we first met, he had said to a friend about me: “If I get that girl’s number I will never ask another girl for her number again.

Shun idleness. It is a rust that attaches itself to the most brilliant metals.

Anyone who said he wasn't afraid during the civil rights movement was either a liar or without imagination. I was scared all the time. My hands didn't shake but inside I was shaking.

The answer is the same for everyone: we must, and we can, resist temptations of any kind.

It occurs to her that she should record this flash of insight in her journal - otherwise she is sure to forget, for she is someone who is always learning and forgetting and obliged to learn again.

I don't have any secret sauce and I'm no smarter than anyone else. I will say I have surrounded myself with unbelievable talent that has made my job easier.

I think if you don't be proactive about how you want your music to be visually represented, I think other people will do it for you.

Sightseeing is the art of disappointment.

Each moment of our life, we either invoke or destroy our dreams. We call upon it to become a fact, or we cancel our previous instructions.