Sometimes parents, when they have a lot of small children, it's hard because your time's got to get divvied up. There's no other way.

We must feel the pain before the pleasure, only then can we tell them apart.

My mum had a very strong moral code, which I kind of came with. I never really had to be told what was right or wrong - I knew. I was very mature from early on and I was a very good girl, so she never had any trouble with me.

Sex and drugs were simply not discussed in our culture at that time.

My family was musical on both sides. My father’s family had a famous flautist and a classical pianist. My mother won a contest to be Shirley Temple’s double — she was the diva of the family. At 8, I learned how to play guitar. I used to play songs from the ‘20s, ‘30s and ‘40s in the kitchen for my grandmother.

It's important to me that the words that I put out there into the cosmos, into the universe, be empowering or somehow positive for people that hear them, or maybe be cathartic if someone is having a relationship that's having a tough time.

Love you all the time, 'cause when I close my eyes, I still can see your smile, it's bright enough to light my life