To be labeled as a strong woman when you feel vulnerable is a strange place to be, because then you're, like, "Oh, I have to be strong now. But I don't feel strong. I feel alienated. I feel isolated. I feel that things are very surreal, and they're not authentic, and this is all just very overwhelming."

I'm an only child, you know, originally. I'm not a child anymore, but I certainly tend to spend a lot of time on my own.

The momentum of time is always going forward. You cannot repeat what has been done before. You can't go back.

We are not consistent. We have both these dark sides and some light as well.

If one woman is suffering, then we are all suffering, and we need to put a voice to that.

Nelson Mandela is awe inspiring - a person who really sacrificed for what he believed in. I feel truly humbled by him.

I knew that I wanted to be a singer/songwriter when I was much younger and, um, I've been able to, you know, to realize that dream and I'm very pleased with that...I want to branch out. I want to write. I write poetry...Music is an extraordinary vehicle for expressing emotion-very powerful emotions.