I've gone through the village of my songwriting and my artistry, and I've gone through lots of different phases, including one where it has been very quiet and abandoned me for a few years.

Everyone has problems, and learning to share them is essential. Hiding pain requires an enormous amount of energy; sharing it is liberating.

You don't have to prove to me you're beautiful to strangers, I've got loving eyes of my own.

My scar is beautiful. It looks like an arrow.

I had this terrible stammer, so I couldn't really speak properly until I was 16 or 17.

You know when you take the paint off an old canvas and you discover that something's been painted underneath it? That's what I feel like - that part of the old is coming through the new.

A really strong woman accepts the war she went through and is ennobled by her scars.