When I was producing on my own, I was doing it in order to - in a very patriarchal entertainment industry, let alone planet - very much hell-bent on trying to prove to myself, if nothing else, that I could do it as a woman.

I felt like I was making a record under the radar, and that is my favorite way to do anything.

These precious illusions in my head did not let me down when I was defenseless, and parting with them is like parting with invisible best friends.

Once I know who I'm not, then I'll know who I am.

I hear you're losing weight again, Mary Jane. Do you ever wonder who you're losing it for?

And ultimately the people who produce my records, they know that they're here to serve the purpose of me expressing who I am at this period of time and augmenting that or pulling it forward and I love that process.

Why are you so petrified of silence, here can you handle this? Did you think about your bills, your ex, your deadlines or when you think you're gonna die? Or did you long for the next distraction.