You have to follow every melodic line, every emotional idea, or you don't get your money's worth.

My parents didn't treat me as if there was anything in the world I couldn't do, except be unkind.

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.

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

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

I don't like what the radio plays for the most part.

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