I tend to work on a song, generate ideas, and re-arrange it like five times, and I'm glad I take the time to do that, because I think my original songs come out better.

Certain people have the eye of the tiger, and I never was myself that kind of person, although I'm not a slacker.

You always want an album to sound like its own little planet.

I was working as a cocktail waitress in a heavy metal bar. Then, my manager said I should try some acting, which led to an audition Satisfaction, where I played a musician in an all-girl band. That movie is where I met my future ex-husband Jody Porter.

The way I work is mostly unconscious and instinctive.

I think that it's always more interesting to combine familiar sounds together in a new way and with newer sounds if you can make it work, rather than sticking to just one style too strictly.

The hard part was when I went into the studio with co-producer Eric Broucek, and he started slashing my demos. I always sweat that.