Having listened to great songwriters like James Taylor and Carole King, I felt there was nothing new that was coming out that really represented me and the way I felt. So I started writing my own stuff.

It's important for me to be with a musician or someone who has a creative mind.

I don’t need help because if I can’t help myself I can’t be helped.

I always try to write a song to work things out with myself and I want to do it with a little punchline at the end, because I never want to remember anything bad in my life.

I'd like to be remembered as someone who wasn't satisfied with just one level of musicianship ... as someone who was a pioneer.

If I died tomorrow, I would be a happy girl.

If you play an instrument, it makes you a better singer. The more you play, the better you sing, the more you sing, the better you play.