I would make far more money if every song were my own, but I don't write to fill up the album with my songs.

I'm used to getting up at 7, getting breakfast, getting the kids off to school, and doing the mommy thing and the wife thing and the daughter thing.

I'd love to be the political voice of my generation, but that's not my gift.

Time has nothing to do with the gifts that the gods give you; it's what you do.

I have as many pictures of my vocal cords as I do of my children. I have a great ear, nose and throat doctor, and we look at them - if there's some redness, maybe I'll take a little time off.

Typically, the theme of my albums, if there is a theme, is, 'How does it feel?' And that always leads to love songs. It just does.

It's impossible to write and produce a record when your parents are dying. I really tried, I really, really tried, but it just wouldn't come.