Womanhood is something you don't consider until it hits you.

I definitely tell things at arm's length but that is conscious. No part of me wants everybody to know what's going on.

I know how ridiculous this sounds because of the job I do but I don't believe in romanticism and make-believe.

I don't need to sell tons of records, but I want longevity. I want to make music for the rest of my life.

I need some isolation, it's necessary to me, that's just who I am. I need to be left alone.

My songs are not pretty. They're what I call optimistic realism.

I'm a bit of a magpie: whatever I see or hear or read feeds into the songs.