Before, I was really passive, all I cared about was being in love with my boyfriend. I didn't have any creative power, nothing. I don't know that person any more.

We all have to go through hard times. Tragedies. Those are given to us to see what we're going to do with them.

I remember so vividly the first song I ever wrote. It was called 'Different People.'

It feels like the more I'm out there in the public eye, the more criticism I get. You need to have confidence - that's what it takes to walk out there and sing a song in front of a huge group of people.

Wakin' up to find another day. The moon got lost again last night, but now the sun has finally had its say.

I think after doing Push and Shove and having it not be successful, I lost a lot of confidence. Songwriting, for me, has always been traumatic, and I've always made all these excuses. But I've realized that you have to just accept that it was a gift: "I don't know where it came from, I don't know how I did it, but I did write all those songs, and I gotta do it again."

When I think of a legacy, I think of the legacy of being a mom.