I grew up in a pretty tough neighborhood.

When I was younger, my mother and I, we'd have these crazy, crazy fights. Everyone would storm out mad, and the only way that I'd be able to express myself was to write her. We would write letters back and forth for days. When I'm writing, I feel uninterrupted. I write what I'm going through and how I see it.

Be driven, be focused, but enjoy every moment, because it only happens once.

I feel like B sides are always better, no matter whose record it is.

When I was younger, studying classical music, I really had to put in the time. Three hours a day is not even nice - you have to put in six.

Rarely, I think, do you find a relationship where you can experience things equally.

Many things inspire me. First and foremost, my family, my husband, and our son. I find that the love we share fills me up and makes me see and appreciate life in a different way.