Freedom to me is a luxury of being able to follow the path of the heart, to keep the magic in your life. Freedom is necessary for me in order to create, and if I cannot create I don’t feel alive.

Love is a very hard feeling to keep alive. It's a very fragile plant.

I like my freedom. I like to do my own grocery shopping. People do recognize you. They are kind of shocked. Some people like it. It makes them feel at ease. It confirms their hopes that you are in fact similar to them.

When I think of your kisses my mind see-saws.

My family could only afford to get me the box of eight Crayola crayons, but I craved the one with all 24 colours. I wanted magenta and turquoise and silver and gold.

I had made all these rules for myself: I'm not writing social commentary, I'm not writing love songs.

The songwriting was almost like something I did while I was waiting for my daughter to come back.