They rise in the morning, and they sleep in the dark. And even though nobody's looking, she's falling apart.

I try to get enough sleep and exercise, try not to make mountains out of molehills, and vent a lot. I have a good team to support my work. I also do lots of mundane things, which will center me.

In order to handle my emotional pain I talk to friends about it, I write, I breathe, and most of all, I put it in perspective.

The guys in my band are great-we watch movies, we eat pizza, take walks, read books. Everybody has a really great sense of humor. And my boyfriend comes and visits me on the road.

When all the stars were falling, they fell from above, and I thought of hate, and I thought of hate, and then I thought of love.

I'm making a record that's half stripped down acoustic which is the way I perform a lot and half of it is very produced. It's really hard to keep music simple but I was trying to keep it simple and focus on one or two instruments and vocals.

My overnight success was really 15 years in the making. I'd been writing songs since I was 6 and playing in bands and performing since I was 14.