I didn't want to be one of those women who wake up at 63 years old and realize they've missed the window of opportunity for marriage and children.

Music will always be a part of my life. I love music and I don't care how many units I sell.

Trauma happens in relationships, so it can only be healed in relationships. Art can't provide healing. It can be cathartic and therapeutic but a relationship is a three-part journey.

If I have taken part in anything perceived as the fame machine, it's been my choice. My motivations certainly have been different from some people's that I've worked with. But it's okay to work equally passionately for two different reasons.

When someone says that I'm angry it's actually a compliment. I have not always been direct with my anger in my relationships, which is part of why I'd write about it in my songs because I had such fear around expressing anger as a woman.

I don't want to be your other half. I believe that one and one make two.

I was born in '74, so I missed out on all the great early '60s and early '70s.