I wanted to write a book that talked about the emotions of children, which is the rainbow. We all have moods. We talk about being blue when we're sad, and being yellow when we're cowards, and when we're mad, we're red.

You don't need to buy expensive cosmetics; almost anything will do if you know how to apply it.

There's been a lot of talk about Jack White wanting to work with me, and I've always admired him, and of course, he lives in Nashville, too.

I have two favorite colors - white and yellow. White makes me feel light and airy. Yellow makes me happy.

The guitar is my favorite and the one, I guess, I'm best at. But I play enough of the different instruments to be able to write with them and to, hopefully, to make myself look impressive on stage.

My husband and I had to raise five of my younger brothers and sisters. They lived with us. We sent them to school.

Well, my smile's pretty hard to miss, considering I'm a gal who likes her lipstick-the redder the better.