I work because I think that I wouldn't feel good about myself unless I was contributing.

I was always writing music anyway. I just sort of fell into it. Writing for me is a therapeutic process.

I don't ascribe to any particular style or period.

I never not wanted to be a singer. Since I was 3, I knew this was what I wanted to do. Well, I can't say I wanted to do it, but I fantasized and thought about it all the time. I never thought it would actually happen.

I don't deal well with admiration if it's for something I haven't done. Other than exist.

I've been through so much in my life. I've seen so much. I know how fast things can change. I know someone can be here one minute and gone the next.

When I'm doing interviews, I'm doing interviews, and when I am writing, I'm writing. I sit there with a musician and I write. It's the same process since I started writing in my twenties. I like to come in and leave with a finished song.