Quotes from Fiona Apple

I think I'm better at live shows than I used to be because I'm way more comfortable with the uncomfortable pauses between songs. Now, rather than trying to talk or do a costume change, I'll use those moments for myself. I listen to what other people are playing, or just rest, or dance, even though I don't know how to.

I never thought I'd be in a position where people would be talking about my sexuality and saying how good I look in underwear.

In a sense it's a lot crazier when you're on the road and it's a lot less stable, but it's actually really healthy for me because it keeps me from isolating, which I tend to do a lot.

Men are my bread and butter. It's what I live for! I have no shame about that.

I've been a bad, bad girl - I've been careless with a delicate man.

If women want to be appreciated for what we're saying, we've got to wear turtlenecks and long pants.

I'm here because of what I write. Obviously, I must know something.

I got all my work done to graduate in two months and then they were like, I'm sorry, you have to take driver's ed. I just kind of went, Oh, forget it.

The quick success was a bit strange to get used to.

In a strange way, I'm way more comfortable onstage than anywhere else.

I never went to concerts when I was a kid, so I never knew if what I was doing onstage was right.

Most of the time you need something to fight against. If something is bothering me, then the only way to get past it is to work through it.

I can bake. I made myself some nice French fries once. But otherwise I just eat out. Lots of salad bars.

I'm not turned on, so put away that meat you're selling.

For me, the best times are always going to be the most intense, the ones with the highest highs and the lowest lows.

I wasn't very ambitious as a child. I'm still not.

I've gone through stages where I hate my body so much that I won't even wear shorts and a bra in my house because if I pass a mirror, that's the end of my day.

I'm a tulip in a cup. I stand no chance of growing up

I was screaming into the canyon at the moment of my death; the echo I created outlasted my last breath.

I got drunk when I was five. Everybody gets drunk before they're 21.

Now I feel like whatever I do, no one can hurt me. I cannot be violated, I cannot be humiliated, I cannot be disregarded, I cannot be disrespected.

I wrote 'Criminal' in 45 minutes when everyone else went to lunch because I had to have a hit. I can force myself to do the work, but only if someone is right up behind me.

Everything that happens to me, I experience it really intensely. I feel it very deeply.

You're all I need and maybe some faith would do me good.