And this vague little smile is my all purpose expression the meaning of which I will leave to your discretion.

I'll walk the plank and I'll jump with a smile, cause if I'm gonna go down I'm gonna do it with style.

Those who call the shots are never in the line of fire.

I'm recording our history now on the bedroom wall, and when we leave the landlord will come and paint over it all.

People who are just starting out are always sort of coming to me for advice as the example of "independent girl," and lots of people ask, well, how did you get the booking agent or the national distribution or the tours? And I look at them like, "Good lord! Relax!" I mean, how I did it was to not care about it and to not even think about it for years and years. All I thought about was getting the next little gig in the little bar, and I get this sense that people want me to give them the secret formula or the magic trick to make it all happen.

If you don't ask the right question, every answer seems wrong -

I noticed with older songs that I perform that I'm coming from a different place with them now...it mutates the vibe and even the meaning of the same words when you have a different spirit, if the person singing is different. I like that, to be able to sing an emotionally wrought song from a more centered place, or to sing an eager, youthful song from a more experienced place. It kind of colors the songs differently, and it keeps them fresh.