If I make a record I love, then somebody will like it. Maybe not everybody, but that won`t matter.

I thought maybe he wanted some music for a movie, and he asked if I wanted to be in a movie. And I said, `Well, I don`t know if I can act -- have you seen my music videos?` I`m pretty uncomfortable in front of the camera, and he said, `No, you`re natural, I like that.` - On being approached by Kar Wai Wong to star in his movie "My Blueberry Nights" (2007)

With the first record I was very overwhelmed - a scared little chicken - because I felt like people were staring at me and I didn`t have any clothes on or something. Now, people aren`t really staring at me, so I`m able to be more comfortable with myself.

Recently I`ve started to drive again. Living in NYC you don`t really need a car, and I had let my license lapse. I`ve really found it liberating to drive again. I don`t think it is good for me to drive too much in NYC though because I am prone to road rage. Plus I drive like a granny and everyone in NY drives with impatience.

I was asked by the director Wong Kar-Wai to be in his new film. It didn`t seem like I would be the most obvious person for him to ask, but for some reason he did, and for some reason I dove in head first before I knew anything about the project. I watched several of his films and thought they were beautiful, so I just trusted him. - On her accepting the starring role in the film "My Blueberry Nights" (2007)

I don`t try to sound like anyone but me anymore. If something is out of my element, I try to avoid it.

That`s been the coolest thing about all this - I get to meet people that I worship!

Without a piano I don`t know how to stand, don`t know what to do with my hands.

I`m not melancholy; I`m a happy-go-lucky person, kind of silly. I like funny things. I have a lot of energy. I tend to like music that`s mellow, though.

I just do the same stuff I always did. I have a bigger apartment - that`s the main change. - On the effect that success has had on her life.

I felt like I went to somebody else`s birthday party and I ate all their cake without anybody else getting a piece. - When asked by Katie Couric how she felt after sweeping the Grammy Awards in 2003

I don`t always know where to put my hands; sometimes it is endearing, sometimes not.