It's very tough for a woman in the music business, and he really was such a motivator from the beginning, when I was super-shy, and he saw a lot in me on a personal level that he knew could carry through on the stage.

The sad truth is that opportunity doesn't knock twice.

I wouldn't recommend working with your partner for everyone, because it's tough. There's got to be a really keen balance. You've got to know when to stop being the manager and become the husband. I can't go home and complain to my husband about my manager.

I wrote poetry, which got me into lyrics. Stevie Wonder, Carole King, Elton John pulled me into pop. I started singing with a band - just for fun - when I was 17. And pretty soon, I was thinking I could sing pop in English as well as Spanish.

To know that everything we say and do to this new little human being may have a profound effect on him or her is a daunting obligation.

A lot of the way I sing is playing off other musicians. It's what I love to do the most.

When I write a song it's always from the point of view: makes the song the best it can be.