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There is no gender to my music. There's no male or female voice, no trite lyrics or poetry. It's much more abstract, so it lives with you longer.

Once women are not excluded, I don't think any of us will give a damn what pronouns are used. That wasn't the point.

In our world, as artists, the only time I'm allowed to express myself is through song.

When you write a song, there's no point keeping it to yourself.

Traditionally, songwriters can't sing. And that holds true in my case, also.

I think artists are scared to have same-gendered pronouns in their writing, and I don't think it's because they're scared to be out, because gay artists are visible, but they don't want to alienate an audience.

It bugs me that people think my songs are personal because it means I have to explain myself all the time.

So it's not so much that I set out to do something different, it's just that the songs themselves require their own individual voice and attention.

People used to say nobody can sing my songs but me - they're too personal.

When you write a song you have an idea of how it should be sung but it doesn't work out that way if someone else records it.