Too much to ask for may leave me feeling lonely. Too little leaves me nothing.

One of the things that's influenced me musically was my experience at Brown University. I was surrounded by musicians that I really admired, and felt challenged to come up with music, lyrics, and recordings that stood up to the expectations of those musicians and myself.

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.

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!

Don't force things to happen. You can work towards things and keep yourself open to things, people, and opportunities, but you can't and shouldn't try to control everything. Also, if you haven't noticed so far, I think sleep is really important.

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

I don't use simple words. I make games and puzzles with my songs.