Addicted To Noise: Tell me about the process you go through to create your music. Do you do any rituals or put yourself in a trance?

Lisa Gerrard: Absolutely not! No, no, I don't do any sort of rituals at all. I believe my music comes from human experience, not the denial of experience. It's as much a part of my daily life as anything, as taking care of my children. It's not at all removed from the rest of me.

Addicted To Noise: So you just come home from the store, put the groceries on the counter, and go into your studio?

Lisa Gerrard: Well, yes. Really, that is very much how it goes. I read about the artist Miro, and I'm not comparing myself to Miro, but I read that he would do a little sketch, and then go and do something else, work in the garden, and then draw a little more. The creative process is not a delicate process, it's something integral to everyday life.

Addicted To Noise: How do you find the sources for your songs? Do you do a lot of research on world music?

Lisa Gerrard: No, I don't do research, I wouldn't call it that. I chose to write to communicate something other than the spoken word, but it's just experience. You have experienced as much music as I have, it's just picking it up, using it to express what you want to say.

Addicted To Noise: Do people misinterpret your music?

Lisa Gerrard: Yes, I think people see a lot more darkness in it, they think it is very dark. When I perform, people come up to me, crying, and it makes me extremely confused. I think they are making it overly complicated, picking up the wrong messages, because I think there's a lot of joy in the music, there's absolutely humor, and celebration. I mean, it is somber, but it points to something positive, it looks to the stars.

Addicted To Noise: Why do you think people see such dark things in the music?

Lisa Gerrard: I don't know, I'm confused about it myself. I think people are very insecure, they've been robbed of a sense of community, a sense of purpose, and I think a lot of people are in great pain. So they see that in the music.

Addicted To Noise: How is this album different than Dead Can Dance albums?

Lisa Gerrard: I think it's more exposed, it has more simplicity. I drew lines but made a real effort not to color them in, not to put more voices, to keep it simple. Dead Can Dance is more complex, leaves less unsaid. This album I just sort of pointed to things, and left it there.

Addicted To Noise: In Dead Can Dance you work with Brendan Perry. Is this a more feminine album without his influence?

Lisa Gerrard: I don't think so. I can be more masculine than Brendan and he can be more feminine than me. I feel like I am like a man as much as I am a woman. I think this album really exists outside sexuality.