I wish I could just relax sometimes and make some money, but I always feel like I have to prove some kind of big, profound point.
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Some people go to Berlin to get more cutting edge; I went and started wearing lederhosen and going to visit baroque palaces.
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I love being not cool.
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I've paid the price; I definitely have a reputation that precedes me, and there is a camp that plots my demise. But then again... it's funner that way.
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I'm definitely a fan of juxtaposition. Using the most beautiful line to say the most horrific thing - I think one of the main things in songwriting is definitely friction between the words and the melody.
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Let the little fairy in you fly!
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The Germany I was enthused with was more old fashioned and kind of romantic. I just got there, and the next thing you know, I had this huge gilded album. It was kind of an amazing experience because I didn't intend it to be that way.
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Premiering a new opera is probably one of the hardest things in the world to do, and opening nights of any opera are always pretty stressful.
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I think my mother, more than anyone, knew the importance of inspiration. If it was occurring, you had to use it.
