I was kind of a misfit, and when my mother died, I had to become an adult, something that I never thought I would ever be.

I've spent the first part of my life in the shadow of my family. I'm not going to live in the shadow of my husband.

I went to college and stage school, and thought about acting, but... I just don't like actors very much! They're not as fun as musicians.

I have learned to write about things that are personal without objectifying anybody or anything, and that's been an important lesson for me. It's useful not to dump on people while simultaneously expressing a truth or a feeling if it's necessary, without diluting the intensity of the lyric.

I think my mother was always worried about me when she was alive.

I wanted to be heard myself, which is hard in a household of people who were very showy. It forced me to find myself and define a personality and a way of being different, and that's a thing that's going to help me to survive in a world of many people playing the guitar.

I've always had a tendency to push the envelope as far as it can go without hurting someone's feelings.