There's some people that are 24 hours with the baby and it doesn't make a difference. They could be anywhere.

I think we should all live the moment. But you also have to think ahead. You have to think, 'Am I going to be happy with this five, ten years from now? Is it going to let me evolve and grow, or am I going to grow to one day wish I had never done it?' Sometimes you just have to think a little bit ahead.

What's the point if you make something that's not you, and you're successful? You have to perform it the rest of your life.

Everything that an artist does is a risk. Some people want you to stay the same. If you want to evolve, they want to keep you in a certain place.

As an artist, you dream about accumulating enough successful music to someday do just one greatest-hits album, but to reach the point where you're releasing your second collection of hits is beyond belief.

Motherhood is... difficult and... rewarding.

She's an amazing dog and really inspired everything that's in this book.