Maybe if my songs feel personal, that's very nice. I like that. I take that as a great compliment.

You'll never know that you had all of me. You'll never know the poetry you've stirred in me.

The more I think about sex, the better it gets!

I think comedy and music are both things that we need as human beings. I think that both art forms can touch people.

[For Before the Dawn] it was in the hands of a fantastic drummer and percussionist and who drove it into another moment in time. It's such a poignant song and it was transformed into entirely different beast.

I split it up into working on the two narrative pieces that can tell a story. The scariest thing was whether I'd be any good performing live again. It was such a long time since I'd done any live work. It's so different for me than recording. Every night my audiences were what I would dream of. You could just feel their support.

I will say it is great to have a woman in charge of the country.