The desire to play has always been in me. I remember my first experience at about four or five of really dying to sing and dying to play that came from no one telling me to do so.

Fear is not a part of my vocabulary, actually.

I find that the love we share fills me up and makes me see and appreciate life in a different way.

I can do what I want to do, lucky me. But when these people are coming at me and asking these things, they don't really care about me. And I have felt like there were all these people who just wanted to use me.

Your life can become the background for the art you create.

It's the unknown that makes me feel the most vulnerable.

I've learned that one of my greatest secrets is scheduling downtime into a busy schedule. This gives me the time to have quality moments with my husband and son, who both recharge my spirit in ways I never imagined.