I love albums that have guest performers that the audience will be happy to hear. It's really a bonus!

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.

I don't have a very routine life; the kids' activities, our nightly routines, and morning routines are about as routine as it gets. In the middle of it all - other than my morning coffee, toast, and trying to get 7-8 hours of sleep a night - each day is different.

Don't force things to happen.

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

You tried to hide between the lines of a story never told.

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.