I believed in myself, and I've always worked very, very hard as an artist, and I am an artist in every sense of the word.

When I get ready to do an album, that means I have something to say for the sake of words, and I listen back to all of the things I've been creating and pull things from out of the air to go with them. It's almost like I start creating the album before I even think about creating it.

I am not systematic at all when it comes to religion. I just love life. And I'm not judgmental. And I'm a vegetarian.

I don't know why, it's just what I feel inside, the thoughts that I sing about. It's just my truth. Sometimes my emotions can be mistaken for messages.

What opens my heart is when my son wakes me up in the morning, nudging me and saying, 'Mommy, mommy!'

There are millions and billions of atoms of memory of all kinds of musical themes in me.

The metal or the stone that's helping me .I'll incorporate them into anything I wear - but I think it's about accessories more than anything, because it's how you accessorize yourself that gives you your own unique style.