I've sung a lot of emotional songs, but when you're writing it's very difficult to decide what to reveal.

You know, we recently played a benefit with my husband, Elvis Costello, and Sir Elton John, who is a mutual friend of ours. Playing with Elvis and Elton and accompanying them with my band was a pretty euphoric experience.

I think that I was being much more uptight about those things before. I feel like I really don't have to prove anything at this point other than what I'm doing.

I work very hard at being the best musician I can be because I love it.

I spent a lot of time playing in miserable places that were not a lot of fun. Somebody once said it is character building and I was like: My character is just fine.

The greatest thing about music is putting it out there for people to figure out.

Sometimes I can't get out of the character because the story is very intense.