My songs are basically my diaries. Some of my best songwriting has come out of time when I've been going through a personal nightmare.

I love that contradiction of being feminine but playing in the boys' treehouse. My whole life's been like that.

Working with (new collaborators) and letting people in to try new melodies and new lyrical ideas was very hard.

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

People can say whatever they want to about me... and I don't get too affected. But I didn't want them to think I was a failure.

I imagine my children are going to save me from my vanity and be my passion and fill whatever fears I have of the amazing time I'm having right now being gone.

I remember when I was in school, they would ask, 'What are you going to be when you grow up?' and then you'd have to draw a picture of it. I drew a picture of myself as a bride.