It seemed inevitable to try to address my feelings about everything that had happened. To a certain degree, it felt cathartic, but it's less cathartic to me than it is illuminating and helping me navigate my own feelings.

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.

Every sleepy boy and girl in every bed around the world- Can hear the stars up in the sky whispering a lullaby

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.

It's a pretty frantic world that we live in

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

I don't think you need to dumb down to a child, you merely have to be clear, you know?