I think I have a really diverse audience. I've had people from all sorts of sexual persuasions.

When I originally wrote "Jealousy," it was more like an exercise to try to write a girl-group kind of pop song. It was really contrary to most of the material I'd ever written. I didn't pay much attention to the song after I'd recorded it. I didn't really perform it at all the last 20 years. When it came time to make the new record, I decided to make peace with the song and have fun with it.

Literature gives us a window into other people's experiences in other places, in other times, so I thought it would be really interesting to investigate how different people had written about motherhood, and childhood.

I think I have a really diverse audience. I've had people from all sorts of sexual persuasions.

Have I been blind, have I been lost, inside myself and my own mind?

I can't remove the autobiographical slant from the things I write. You always bring yourself into what you're writing.

I wish I had appreciated my youth - I should have worn tighter clothing when I could have!