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I think the first album cover was considered most provocative. I think that contributed a great deal.

I'm so embarrassed by that album. I don't even own it myself.

It was quite a shot in the head to do the album and then have it shot down by nonmusical idiots.

I feel that after all those horrible reviews and jokes, I wasn't crazy all these years to stand up for the music I believe in. This album has proven that somewhere in the human race, the human heart is still racing and breaking and I am so grateful.

I've never been the type of person to jump up and throw out the album without it being what it's supposed to be.

Me, it was always about being able to bounce around to where I wanna be. Like, with 'Arular,' people always say it's so political, but I think 50 per cent of the album is not very political at all. It's just really a shouty, shouty girl thing.

The 'Downward Spiral' album was a record all about beating everybody up - and then 'Hurt' was like a coda saying maybe I shouldn't have done that. But to make the song sound impenetrable because I thought it was a little too vulnerable, I tried to layer it in noise.

I don't really cringe over any of my albums.

I always thought my best album was 'Trouble in Paradise.' I was the happiest with that one.

I really can't blame anyone but myself, because I didn't have to deliver the album. But when you get caught up in the gas, and you're young, and there's so much helium going on around you, you can't decipher the real end.