Fiona Apple on recording at home: It was like the universe opened up

"I moved into this house in 2000, and I’ve always felt like [it] doesn’t want me to go anywhere" - Fiona Apple described to the Vulture how she recorded her new album 'Fetch the Bolt Cutters' in her home-studio. She continued - "So I’m like, 'All right, I’m going to give you what you want, house. I know you deserve to be the record. I’m going to make you the record'. This is where I feel comfortable. My boyfriend at the time, Jamie, really pushed for me to get it set up here so I could record by myself. Once he pushed for that to happen and Amy taught me how to do GarageBand, it was like the universe opened up". She also described how things changed after she withdrew from drugs she’d been prescribed to deal with depression, and after getting sober - "It’s not a constant feeling, and it’s gotten a lot better, again, since I quit drinking - so much better, so much less anxiety".