I constantly have a devil on my shoulder telling me that what I'm doing is really horrible, and then somehow the lightning strike happens, and everything comes together.
I like those stories that capture the brutality of life, but there's still some kind of melancholy romance.
It's just this huge sense of relief I have with myself right now... It took me to be 31 to go, 'Wow, I'm really happy being a model.'
It's time to give back; you know, I've lived in this beautiful world of fashion for so long, and it's time to really get my hands dirty and get in the trenches and see the world for what it really is.
I tend to sort of over-accessorize, but to feel empowered, I strip it all down and become minimal so that it's almost counterintuitive.
I love Jen Meyer - she's a dear friend, and Tabitha Simmons as well.
I've been writing songs since I was at least 20. That's what I wanted to do before I became a model.
I am a woman. I go on set, and I'll be who I am, and I'll represent who I am. I think it comes with age.
Being a model, you're always the product of somebody else's vision.
I was always the weirdo at school.
As scary as it is, I like making real, direct eye contact with people from the stage. In a sense, it's like modeling: that feeling of locking in and projecting some kind of emotion to try to captivate people.
You don't just wake up one morning and decide to become a singer-songwriter.
Think about your menu, and if you're not a skilled chef - which I'm not - follow a recipe. You can't go wrong if you don't cut the fine print.
If I wasn't a model, I would never have been around interesting musicians, even had the financial capabilities to say, 'I don't have to work right now. I can sit and make my record.'
Even though I have lived in the States since I was 18, in my head I am still very British, and I do have this romance for towns in Middle America that nobody gets to see.
