Comparisons are easily done, once you've had a taste of perfection

Maybe I'm competitive. I just feel like I have this gift that I've been given. It's like, "Someone unwrap it! Here it is!" That drive can't be held down. I have a lot of ambition.

I wanted it to be like Amy Grant, but it didn't pan out that way. My label actually went bankrupt, and I was left without a home.

My style icons were Gwen Stefani, when she was in No Doubt, and then Shirley Manson in Garbage.

My parents are very quirky, eccentric. They have their own world.

I wanted to be that quirky girl who writes funny songs that still have meaning.

I'm not Buddhist, I'm not Hindu, I'm not Christian, but I still feel like I have a deep connection with God. I pray all the time — for self-control, for humility. There's a lot of gratitude in it. Just saying 'thank you' sometimes is better than asking for things.