I do have a lot of references coming out of the '60s, '70s, and '80s, but I don't consciously think, "I'm going to put this here and this there." It comes out of my unconscious, and I don't want it to be just retro.

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

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

It was definitely in my mind to do a solo album, but I didn't know it would take this long.

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

I went through a furnace and came out knowing who I am.