All of my unconscious fears were in my face about letting go of the current identity. A lot of the thoughts that came up were fear-based and false, so I had to work to let them go.

As long as I can say what it is that I need to say, then I'll fit whatever I'm trying to say around a melody.

I'm excited about there being more of a sisterhood these days. Back in the '90s there was a lot of hate - the women I looked up to as artists were dissing me! It's not so patriarchal these days - there's more love and a lot less hate!

The more vulnerable and the more confused the song is, the equal and opposite effect is how I feel after having written it.

I'll be writing songs till I die. There's just no question.

With songwriting I spend a lot of time living life, accruing all these experiences, journaling, and then by the time I get to the studio I'm teeming with the drive to write.

Life has a funny way of helping you out when you think that everything's gone wrong.