How are Neil Gaiman friends and fans different from Amanda Palmer friends and fans?
You could write a book on that, I think. Most Neil Gaiman fans are really psyched for our relationship and like me, and a lot them have checked out my music and really dug it. There’s a small faction of his fans who actively want to hate me so I’ve had to fend them off with sticks. (Laughs) But mostly it’s been a really good crossover. It is interesting, though, when you have two fan bases, it’s kind of like getting married when you’ve got two big families. You pray everybody gets along and this crazy uncle doesn’t beat up that crazy uncle and everything can stay moderately peaceful. Did you always expect to get married someday? No. (Laughs) Not even close. I did not. So what happened? He transformed you? Is that possible? He convinced me. Which I suppose you could say he transformed me. I’ve just never been in a relationship that made so much sense where I felt so comfortable. I come from a whole network of divorced parents, and I had a rule for most of my adulthood that marriage was…
