We all have two lives. The one we are given and the one we create.

When I think of the artists I admire and seek out musically. It's because I'm curious about where they're going to go the next time they have a chance to put a record out. It's not about where I find them on the radio dial, or how many records they're selling.

Carry with you maps and string, flashlights, friends who make you sing, and stars to help you find your place, music, hope, and amazing grace.

I kept thinking, I went to college and I have to get a real job.

Life is never a straight line - it's peaks and valleys. Why would you want to be the same person every day of your life?

You know, that single girl life and that sense of isolation - that doesn't leave you just like that. And that's what that song is about. I remember that, and that is imprinted on me, that sense.

The joy of being in the studio is having people being utterly free to throw out their ideas.