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

I was not that pretty a girl and I was never pursued as a teenager or young woman, so I was used to having no shame and trying to get people to love me.

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 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 tried to find a way out in many ways, but it all caught up with me. Once I realised I could sing and write songs, it was just so much easier to do than anything else!

I've always been given respect because I'm kind of mannish, and I'm not a great beauty. I've never played the coquette card because I'm no good at it.

I always seem to write personal songs; that's always been my go-to thing, to write about what I'm experiencing.