I Wanted To Be A Visual Artist

In 1971, Bossier City, Louisiana, There Was A Teenage Girl Who Was Pregnant With Her Second Child. She Was A High School Dropout And A Single Mom, But Somehow She Managed To Make A Better Life For Herself And Her Children. She Encouraged Her Kids To Be Creative, To Work Hard And To Do Something Special. That Girl Is My Mother And She's Here Tonight. And I Just Want To Say, I Love You, Mom. Thank You For Teaching Me To Dream.

I Like To Think That People Can See That And Appreciate That Idea And Then, By Some Mechanism Of Wearing The Fragrance, Sort Of Carry That Idea With Them In Their Own Life. Whether It's A Weekend In Louisiana Or In New York City Or In Venice, Italy, Or Wherever They May Be. I Think There's Something Kind Of Fascinating And Powerful About That.

If I Wasn’t Making Music I Would Probably Be In The Woods With A Big Deer….talking To Myself.

I Remember Seeing This Image Of These Women Wearing These Bright Clothes And Patterns, And It Struck Me. I Remember Taking Note And Going, Like, "what Is That? Who Is That?" And Finding Out It Was Gucci And Being Surprised.

I'm Pretty Healthy So I Think That Helps A Lot. I've Been That Way For A Long Time - 20 Solid Years Of Eating Vegetarian/vegan And Taking Care Of Myself. That Probably Helps The Preservation Process.