It's really hard to balance work and being a mother.

I think a good mom is an awake mom. At least for me, I've always been a kinder, better person awake than sleep-deprived!

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.

Dweezil and I are going on tour with the band probably starting in the middle of February for a month probably playing a few songs from my new record and then I'll continue on after that tour

I'm old-school. I want to be there to drop off my daughter at school and pick her up.

There's a variety and depth to the song topics I get to write about in children's music and books: being able to write about things I wouldn't normally write about, like a disappointing pancake, or monsters or opposite day is really different than writing about heartbreak and relationships.

With all the things that you could be, you never could learn how to be me.