The world my children are growing up in is so much more sophisticated and exposed - emotionally, intellectually, sexually.

Since I travel so much, it's always great to be home. There's nothing like getting to raid my own refrigerator at two in the morning.

To me, the real thrill is in making the music, and then I just trust it to find its own audience, and at times it's big and at times it's small, but that's beyond my control.

It's human nature to be curious about people, and to be more curious about young people than old people. We want to cheer something on at the same time we want to tear it down. That's just so normal.

In the past, when I'd recorded during a break in a tour, it was so easy to sing, because I felt strong. Also, like so many new mothers, I wasn't getting a lot of sleep, and sleeping is such a huge part of being able to sing.

The world my children are growing up in is so much more sophisticated and exposed - emotionally, intellectually, sexually.

I refuse to believe that we're only here to live and die.