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.

I just love music, so that's what I'm always working on, and I try to say yes a lot. Maybe I'm more ambitious than I thought I was.

I love the feeling of nostalgia vying with the present. That can be from song to song, or within the same song.

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

I think I am a late-bloomer. My taste in music just keeps getting better.

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.

The way I work is mostly unconscious and instinctive.