Words are what make the song. I get a personal vision about what the lyrics are about.

I've learned a lot of things about myself through singing. I used to have a certain dislike of the audience, not as individual people, but as a giant body who was judging me. Of course, it wasn`t really them judging me. It was me judging me. Once I got past that fear, it freed me up, not just when I was performing but in other parts of my life.

All love shifts and changes.

I have always wished I could learn to be a potter. I love collecting ceramics; it would be so fulfilling to create something lovely.

When I start to write, I see my stories as a kind of movie. For instance, I ask myself, "What kind of opening do I want for this book?"

I was named after my two grandmothers - Julia Elizabeth.

I adored my birth father and constantly worried that I was being disloyal to him and his schoolteacher roots if I spent too much time performing and enjoying it.