I take the palette with me, but I have a lot of makeup. I was a makeup artist when I was younger, but I'm not that good compared with my makeup artist, so I keep things pretty simple. I explore a lot with pink and nude lipsticks, but I love red lipsticks. I love a line and a lash and a brow. So I don't need a lot, but I have a lot. It's all there just in case - for Halloween or whatever.

To write an album takes so much focus and selfish time, to just write and think about your life. For me. Maybe not for other people.

If you're not Prince, you're never going to sound like Prince.

My parents always pushed creativity on us, but they made it seem like the fun thing to do.

I don't mean this in a stuck-up way, but I needed an attitude song.

I'm kind of lazy. I like to lie around with my husband and watch TV and stuff like that.

I clearly remember writing songs [when I was young] and the power that it gave me of feeling like somebody. My whole life changed when I wrote those songs, even before anyone ever heard them. It wasn't a commercial thing.