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

I have a very open line of communication with both my children.

I think it's important to have a happy parent.

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.

Because it's one thing when you - oh, I love this tune. But then when you go to sing it, it's got to have something really personal. Then down to 25, and then to pick the final ones I just picked the ones that were more personal, that had something to do with my life.

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.

Music has been one of the most beautiful things in my life and will always be a very big part of who I am and what I do.