I have to play as much of the game as I allow myself to get the music heard. But it's not unlike the rest of the world, so I'm not as up in arms about it as I could be.

If you're the band leader you ask more of yourself than anyone else, so they tend to raise the bar for me.

My brother and I were meditating before we were 6 years old, having to stare at the wall and chant.

Now I know I'll never be numb again. A mother is condemned to feel everything forever. And I'm finally afraid, condemned to fear everything forever. But that makes sense: feel someone else's pain, feel someone else's everything.And he's my baby, so everything's okay.

I'm beginning to think I have two years encountering sexism without really realising it.

To do it nationally or internationally, you have to follow a few more rules.

I've always chosen my band members based on their sense of humor. It might sound stupid, but it means not only are they fun to live with on a tour bus for years, but humor implies intelligence.