The challenge is always as a writer, is this going to work, because it's a very intimate process, and I tend to be very introverted and insular, and when I write, it's in my head.

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

There are so many beautiful things that are a part of the world, and Ive always looked at life that way; Ive always tried to put on a smile and a brave front, not just for my kids but in my own life and all the difficulties that Ive gone through.

We seal our fate with the choices we take, but don't give a second thought to the chances we take.

I've sung since I talked, when I'm two, but what I sang was ballads, because it's very hard to do a dance track with your little acoustic guitar when you're a kid.

I'm careful what I put out there into the universe, musically. I don't take it lightly.

If there's ever been a dark moment in my life... well, I wanted to check out. Music was a big escape.